Seq # 185330470

Phyllonorycter salicicolella (Sircom, 1848) Species

Last modified: Nov. 26, 2024, 2:18 p.m.


A widespread and fairly common species in Belgium.


Details

Classification
Family: Gracillariidae > Subfamily: Lithocolletinae > Genus: Phyllonorycter > Species: Phyllonorycter salicicolella
Vernacular names
Wilgenvouwmot (NL), Long-streak midget (EN)
First mention in Belgium
De Fré Ch. 1860. Lépidoptères nouvellement découverts en Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 4: 113–115. On page 115 (as Lithocolletis salisicolella. Sircom.; Staint.). view page
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Head brown, mixed with white scales: forewing ground colour brown to golden brown; white pattern consisting of a basal streak, not edged and mostly a little sinuous; an indistinct patch on the dorsum near the base; four costal and three dorsal striae, the basal ones often merged to form a chevron.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Mine

A rather small, elongated tentiform mine on the underside of a leaf, in many cases close to the leaf margin, causing the leaf to fold over the mine. The dark frass is concentrated in one corner of the mine.
See also gracillariidae.net and bladmineerders.be.


Cocoon/pupa

A flimsy, whitish or yellowish cocoon. Pupal skin reddish brown.

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Bionomics

The species hibernates in the pupal stage, among leaf litter on the ground. After the emergence of the adult, the pupal skin protrudes from the mine.

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Flight periods

Two generations a year in April–May and August–September.


Observed on

Host plant (species):
Salix caprea, Salix aurita and Salix cinerea
Host plant (genera):
Salix

The species lives on Salix, with a preference for Salix caprea, but it has also been recorded from Salix aurita and S. cinerea.

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