Gracillariidae

15.090 Willow Maze-miner Phyllocnistis saligna (Zeller, 1839)

Local

Similar species:

Forewing: 3 to 3.5mm

Habitats: Marshes and fens.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva forms a long gallery mine on either the upper or lower surface of young terminal shoot leaves of White Willow, Weeping Wilow, Crack Willow, Purple Willow, Almond-leaved Willow or Bay Willow. The mine passes from one leaf to another via the petiole and as a bark mine. The final gallery usually ends at a leaf margin where the larva pupates under a silk membrane.