Stigmella filipendulae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Alps and the Carpathians, and from Ireland to Poland. There is a disjunct population in Greece.
The wingspan is . The head is ferruginous to dark fuscous. The antennal eyecaps are yellow-whitish. The forewings are shining golden-brown, sometimes purplish-tinged with a pale golden-metallic vertical fascia beyond middleThe apical area beyond this is dark purple-fuscous. The hindwings grey.Zagulajev, A.K., 1987 Nepticulidae (Stigmellidae); in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 1 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and descriptionlepiforum.de includes images
Adults are on wing from July to August and again in September. There are two generations per year.
Distribution and threat level In England, it is found between Leckford and St. Catherine's Hill of Hampshire and is also abundant in North Somerset and southern part of Wiltshire. It is considered endangered in East Sussex and Eastbourne while in West Sussex is considered to be extinct, since there was no recordings of it there since 1905.
Ecology The larvae feed on Filipendula vulgaris and Filipendula ulmaria.Emmet, A. M., 1976. Nepticulidae. — In: J. Heath (ed.). The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 1: 171—267, pls. 1—7, 11, 12.
References
External links Fauna Europaea Swedish moths Stigmella filipendulae images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life lepiforum.de