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Phyllonorycter salicicolella (Sircom, 1848) [Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae] Argyromiges salicicolella Sircom, 1848. Zoologist: 2271. Lithocolletis brevilineatella Benander, 1946. Opusc. ent. 9:108, fig'd. Phyllonorycter salicicolella (Sircom, 1848).

Leaf-mine: The larvae feed in a blotch on the underside of a leaf of sallow, causing the leaf edge to curl under when at the edge (UKMoths). Cannot be separated (without opening mine or breeding moths) from mines of other sallow-feeding species (British leafminers). Larva: The larva is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders. Pupa: The pupa is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders. Hosts in Britain: Salicaceae     Populus tremula Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Salix   British leafminers Salix   UKMoths Salix aurita Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Salix caprea Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Salix cinerea Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Hosts elsewhere: Salicaceae     Salix aurita Nederlandse bladmineerders Salix caprea Nederlandse bladmineerders Salix cinerea Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: July, September - October (British leafminers). Time of year - adults: Two generations producing adults in May and again in July and August (UKMoths). Distribution in Britain: Throughout the British Isles (UKMoths) including East Sutherland, Hunts, South Lancaster, South-west York (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, GiGL, HBRG, NE and SHWRG) and Northern Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). It is commoner in the south and rather local in Scotland (UKMoths). See also British leafminers distribution map. Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Corsica, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central, North and Northwest, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Ukraine. Also recorded in East Palaearctic (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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