Nepticulidae

04.038 Willow Dot Stigmella obliquella (Heinemann, 1862)

Local

Similar species:

Forewing: 2 to 2.5mm

Habitats: Woodlands, parks, gardens, fens and marshes.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva forms a greatly widening gallery mine in a leaf of White Willow, Osier, Weeping Willow, Purple Willow or Bay Willow. The mine has a variable course, usually with several long almost straight segments. It pupates in a cocoon in the leaf litter. The summer generation pupates on a leaf.