Phyllonorycter salictella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe (except the Balkan Peninsula and the Mediterranean islands), east to Russia and Japan.
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. salictella |
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| Phyllonorycter salictella | |
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The wingspan is 7–9 mm. The forewings are shining ochreous, sometimes fuscous-tinged; a median streak from base to near middle, four costal and three dorsal wedge-shaped spots obscure whitish-ochreous, ill-defined and sometimes very indistinct, first dorsal long; a blackish apical strigula. Hindwings are grey. The larva is pale yellowish; dorsal line dark grey; head pale brown.[2]
There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and June and again in August.[3]
The larvae feed on Salix alba, Salix babylonica, Salix daphnoides, Salix × fragilis, Salix elaeagnos (syn. S. incana [Schrank][4]), Salix purpurea, Salix triandra and Salix viminalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[5]
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External links
Media related to Phyllonorycter salictella at Wikimedia Commons
