Stigmella filipendulae

    Dropwort Pigmy

    NepticulidaeABH 4.052 B&F 57

    Current thinking is that this is a single species, mining Dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria.  At various times in the past, the species has been split and the Meadowsweet-feeding examples have been considered a separate species, S. ulmariae.  In Somerset, the species is only known from a mine on Meadowsweet at Rowberrow Warren in 2019.

    Mine Verification Grade: L

    Dropwort Pigmy (Stigmella filipendulae) photographed in Somerset by Jenny Vickers
    Dropwort Pigmy (Stigmella filipendulae) photographed in Somerset by Jenny Vickers