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Stigmella obliquella (Heinemann, 1862) [Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae] Nepticula obliquella Heinemann, 1862. Wien. ent. Monts. 6: 316. Stigmella obliquella (Heinemann, 1862)

Leaf-mine: An early gallery filled with frass, later leaving clear margins, finally a blotch (British leafminers). The nine is also illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders. Larva: Larva amber, head and faint ventral spots, brown (British leafminers). Pupa: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Salicaceae       Salix alba White Willow Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Salix babylonica Weeping Crack-willow British leafminers Salix fragilis Crack-willow Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Salix matsudana   Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Salix viminalis Osier Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Hosts elsewhere: Salicaceae       Salix alba White Willow Nederlandse bladmineerders Salix babylonica Weeping Crack-willow Nederlandse bladmineerders Salix fragilis Crack-willow Nederlandse bladmineerders Salix pentandra Bay Willow Nederlandse bladmineerders Salix viminalis Osier Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: June - July, September - October (British leafminers). Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including Middlesex, North Essex, North Hants, South Hants and South Wiltshire (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, JNCC, LWIC and NE). See also British leafminers distribution map. Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea; British leafminers distribution map). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, ? Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, ? Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia Central, Northwest and South, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. Also recored in East Palaearctic (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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