Phyllonorycter salicicolella (Sircom, 1848) Species
Last modified: March 3, 2024, 3:06 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
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Head brown, mixed with white scales: forewing ground colour brown to golden brown; white pattern consisting of a baseal 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
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
No pictures yet!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.
Bionomics
The species hibernates in the pupal stage, among leaf litter on the ground. After emergence of the adult the pupal skin protrudes from the mine.
Flight periods
Two generations a year: 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.
