4.040 BF74  –  Nepticulidae –  Nepticulinae – Stigmella assimilella – White-tipped Dot – (Zeller, 1848) Adult Micro:  CAT 4 – Gen. Det. Required – Gen-Det-Reqd       Leaf-miner:  CAT L – The leaf or a Photo required – reared and possibly dissected       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Black – Uncertain/Unknown – Insufficient Data        purple – Leaf Miner
Taxonomy:   Micro   >>  Nepticulidae  >> Nepticulinae
Other Name/s: Aspen Pigmy
ID Difficulty:  Red – difficult to identify – detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required.
ID pointers: The egg is usually found on the upper-side of the leaf besides a rib. The gallery is clear with broken linear frass and is a densely winding corridor. Found on Populus tremula (Aspen), Populus alba (White Poplar) and Populus canescens (Grey Poplar). Mine shown on Populus tremula (Aspen).
The adult is a tiny moth with blackish sooty-grey ground colour with several creamy white spots and creamy white cilia. An orange tufted head.
Distribution:  National Status – Local – Derbyshire status unknown, but likely to be locally common where there are Poplars and Aspen.
Flight Period: June /  July /  –  June – July Mine Period: August /  September /  October /   – Mines August-October. Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Dave Evans  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 6 May 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 4-5mm
Food Plant: Aspen and some species of Poplar
Last Recorded By – Not Recorded
Last Recorded General Area – Not Recorded

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Distribution Map for Stigmella assimilella

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Bedrock Geology ** indirectly affects moth distribution by influencing the type of habitat and food plants available in an area. In turn, this may affect the types of moths that can thrive, or where they can most likely be found.

Land-cover * shows the variety of land-cover within the VC57 area, based on the CORINE (Coordination of Information on the Environment) forty-four thematic classes of land-cover. This will show, to a greater or lesser degree, the number and variety of moths found in different land-cover types. The UK continues to operate within the Copernicus programme, with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) providing Corine Land Cover (CLC) datasets for the UK and its territories.


NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Stigmella assimilella

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Monthly Records By Year: Stigmella assimilella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
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Monthly Counts By Year: Stigmella assimilella
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )


First/Last Recorded Dates: Stigmella assimilella
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Recordings By Year: Stigmella assimilella
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Stigmella assimilella
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%
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Insufficient records/data for an AGR analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025
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Insufficient records/data for a CUSUM analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Stigmella assimilella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Stigmella assimilella
( data includes Adult Stage only )

Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Mine Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Stigmella assimilella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Mine Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's mine periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen mining, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

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