Biology:Phyllocnistis saligna
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Phyllocnistis saligna is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from almost all Europe (except Ireland and possibly also parts of the Balkan Peninsula), as well as India , Sri Lanka, La Réunion and South Africa .
The wingspan is about 7 mm. Adults are on wing in two generations, in July and from September to April.[2]
The larvae feed on Salix alba, Salix babylonica, Salix daphnoides, Salix × fragilis, Salix lanata, Salix matsudana, Salix purpurea, Salix × sepulcralis, Salix triandra and Salix viminalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a long, epidermal corridor which is located on either the upper- or lower-surface. Mines are only found in terminal leaves of young shoots. The mine passes from one leaf to the other by way of the shoot epidermis. The frass is deposited in a broad central line. The corridor ends upon a leaf margin, where pupation takes place under a folded part of the margin, without an evident cocoon.[3]
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Kimber, Ian. "'Phyllocnistis saligna'" (in en). https://ukmoths.org.uk/species/phyllocnistis-saligna/.
- ↑ Ellis, N. W. (13 January 2021). "'Phyllocnistis saligna' (Zeller, 1839) willow bent-wing". Amsterdam. https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gracillarioidea/gracillariidae/phyllocnistinae/phyllocnistis/phyllocnistis-saligna/.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7188756 entry
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