Stigmella salicis

Stigmella salicis
Mine showing the frass
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. salicis
Binomial name
Stigmella salicis
(Stainton, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula salicis Stainton, 1854
  • Nepticula arbusculae Klimesch, 1951
  • Nepticula auritella Skala, 1939
  • Nepticula dewitziella Sorhagen, 1885
  • Nepticula libiezi Dufrane, 1949
  • Nepticula salicella Herrich-Schaffer, 1855
  • Nepticula salicivorella Doubleday, 1859
  • Nepticula uniformis Heinemann, 1871

Stigmella salicis is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in all of Europe (except Iceland and Greece), east to the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone.[1]

The wingspan is 4–6 millimetres (0.16–0.24 in). Adults are on wing from April to May and again from July to August.

The larvae feed on Myrica gale, Salix alba, Salix atrocinerea, Salix aurita, Salix babylonica, Salix caprea, Salix cinerea, Salix daphnoides, Salix fragilis, Salix lanata, Salix pentandra, Salix purpurea, Salix repens, Salix silesiaca, Salix triandra and Salix viminalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant in a gallery. It is mostly strongly contorted, sometimes even forming a secondary blotch. The frass line is broad, especially in the first half of the mine.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Stigmella salicis (Stainton, 1854)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Stigmella salicis (Stainton, 1854)". Bladmineerders.nl. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
Stigmella salicis mine
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