Nepticulidae

04.035 Sallow Dot Stigmella salicis (Stainton, 1854)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 2 to 3mm

Habitats: Wherever the foodplants are found.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva forms a variable, strongly contorted gallery mine in a leaf of Goat Willow, Grey Willow, Eared Willow. The mine often leads to a blotch. It pupates in a cocoon in the leaf litter.