Phyllonorycter salicicolella (Sircom 1848) (Family Gracillariidae)


Mines under Salix aurita Leaf

Forewing Length: 3.3mm;
Wingspan: 7-9mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
June
August - September
July
September - October
(Earliest: 25.9)
July - August
October - May
April - May
July - August

Biotopes:
Wet Forest

Hedge Rows
Food:
(Larva)
(Oligophagous Leaf Miner)

Most Salix
Parasitoids:
Scambus inanis Larva

Pediobius saulius Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:
Many Ichneumonidae Larvae

Many Braconidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Phyllonorycter salicicolella
Phyllonorycter salicicolella
Lepiforum: Phyllonorycter salicicolella
British Leafminers: Phyllonorycter salicicolella
Leaf and Stem Mines of British Flies: Phyllonorycter salicicolella
Plant Parasites of Europe: Phyllonorycter salicicolella


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