Phyllonorycter salicicolella

Phyllonorycter salicicolella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe (except the Balkan Peninsula), east to Russia and Japan.

Mined leaf of Salix caprea

Larva

Phyllonorycter salicicolella
Phyllonorycter salicicolella North Wales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. salicicolella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter salicicolella (Sircom, 1848)[1]
Synonyms
Lithocolletis salicicolella Argyromiges salicicolella Sircom, 1848 Lithocolletis brevilineatella Benander, 1946

The wingspan is 7–9 mm. It differs from L.viminetorum as follows: forewings more golden-ochreous, dorsal antemedian spot not reaching basal streak, hindwings rather lighter; the larva whitish-green; dorsal line green.^[2]

There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again in July and August.^[3]

The larvae feed on eared willow (Salix aurita), goat willow (Salix caprea), common sallow (Salix cinerea) and dark-leaved willow (Salix myrsinifolia). They mine the leaves of their host plant.^[4]