The leaf and stem  mines of British flies and other insects by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds


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Phyllocnistis ramulicola Langmaid & Corley, 2007
[Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae]


Phyllocnistis ramulicola Langmaid & Corley, 2007. Ent. Gazette 58 (4): 227-237.


Stem-mine:The eggs are laid in the stem in the current year's growth and the whitish mine progresses up the stem terminating at the base of the leaf. The larva curls over the leaf edge to pupate (Langmaid & Corley, 2007). The mine is illustrated in British leafminers.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Salicaceae      
Salix caprea Goat Willow Langmaid & Corley, 2007
Salix cinerea Grey Willow Langmaid & Corley, 2007
Salix fragilis Crack-willow Langmaid & Corley, 2007
Salix viminalis Osier Langmaid & Corley, 2007

Hosts elsewhere: Unknown.

Time of year - mines: July and September (Langmaid & Corley, 2007)

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: Hants (Havant) and West Sussex (Langmaid & Corley, 2007).

Distribution elsewhere: Portugal (British leafminers)

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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