''Stigmella salicis'' is a
moth
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of the family
Nepticulidae which is found in Europe. It was
first described by the English
entomologist
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,
Henry Stainton in 1854. The
type locality
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is from England.
Description
The
wingspan
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is The thick erect hairs on the head vertex are ferruginous-orange. The collar is paler. The antennal eyecaps are whitish. The front wings are fuscous or dark fuscous, faintly purplish-tinged, somewhat sprinkled with pale yellowish with an ochreous-whitish rather oblique fascia beyond middle. The apical area beyond this sometimes more blackish ; outer half of cilia ochreous-white. Hindwings grey.
Microscopic examination of the genitalia is essential for correct determination.
The moth is
bivoltine (i.e. has two generations a year). In Great Britain adults are on wing from April to May and again from July to August. The flight period may be different in other parts of its range. The
type locality
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is from England.
Life cycle
Egg
Eggs are laid on the underside of a rough-leaved willow leaf, usually concealed in the down close to a rib and can be found in May and August to September.
Larva
Larva, feed internally within a leaf and are amber-yellow with a pale brown head. They can be found in June and July and again from September to November.
They mine the leaves of their host plant, in a gallery which can be variable and highly contorted. The mine starts comparatively wide and is initially almost filled with frass. Later there are clear margins and the frass becomes broken. The mine can follow a leaf margin, a rib or can be highly contorted. It later widens to form a blotch, or if highly contorted with 'S' bends, a false blotch.
The larvae feed on ''
Myrica gale'', ''
Salix alba
''Salix alba'', the white willow, is a species of willow native to Europe and western and central Asia.Meikle, R. D. (1984). ''Willows and Poplars of Great Britain and Ireland''. BSBI Handbook No. 4. .Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain a ...
'', ''
Salix atrocinerea
''Salix atrocinerea'', commonly called grey willow or large gray willow, is a species of willow. It is a bush or small tree up to tall. As a pioneer species of willow, it quickly colonizes poor soils.
Distribution
The grey willow distribution ...
'', ''
Salix aurita'', ''
Salix babylonica'', ''
Salix caprea
''Salix caprea'', known as goat willow, pussy willow or great sallow, is a common species of willow native to Europe and western and central Asia.Meikle, R. D. (1984). ''Willows and Poplars of Great Britain and Ireland''. BSBI Handbook 4. .
De ...
'', ''
Salix cinerea'', ''
Salix daphnoides
''Salix daphnoides'', the European violet willow, is a species of plant in the family Salicaceae. It can grow as a large shrub or small tree, normally reaching a height of
, but can grow up to tall.
Description
It has a rounded crown with spr ...
'', ''
Salix fragilis'', ''
Salix lanata'', ''
Salix pentandra'', ''
Salix purpurea
''Salix purpurea'', the purple willow purpleosier willow or purple osier, is a species of willow native to most of Europe and western Asia north to the British Isles, Poland, and the Baltic States.Flora Europaea''Salix purpurea''/ref>Meikle, R. D ...
'', ''
Salix repens
''Salix repens'', the creeping willow, is a small, shrubby species of willow in the family Salicaceae, growing up to 1.5metres in height. Found amongst sand dunes and heathlands, it is a polymorphic species, with a wide range of variants. I ...
'', ''
Salix silesiaca
''Salix silesiaca'', the Silesian willow, is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae. It is native to the Sudeten and Carpathian Mountains, and the mountains of the Balkan Peninsula
The Balkans ( ), also known as the Ba ...
'', ''
Salix triandra'' and ''
Salix viminalis
''Salix viminalis'', the basket willow, common osier or osier, is a species of willow native to Europe, Western Asia, and the Himalayas.Meikle, R. D. (1984). ''Willows and Poplars of Great Britain and Ireland''. BSBI Handbook No. 4. .Rushforth, K ...
''.
Mines on the narrow-leaved willows can be difficult to distinguish from those of
''S. obliquella''.
Pupa
The pupa is in a yellowish-brown cocoon spun in detritus and can be found in July and August, and from November through to April.
Distribution
''S. salicis'' is found in Europe (except
Iceland
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and
Greece
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).
Notes
References
External links
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Nepticulidae
Leaf miners
Moths described in 1854
Moths of Asia
Moths of Europe
Taxa named by Henry Tibbats Stainton