Food Plant: Salix alba (White Willow) Elsewhere: Salix euxina, S.fragilis, S. purpurea and S. babylonica

Egg: on the leaf

Mine: August (Elsewhere: July; August-September)

Notes: The larva mines both upper and lower leaf surfaces and will often mines along the central vein before entering the stem through a petiole. The larva pupates under a folded leaf edge. Known in the UK.

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References:
Voith, R.J.D.I., Aarvik, L., Berggren, K., Bengtsson, B.Å., Hellberg, H., Mutanen, M., Slagsvold, P.K. & Wieser, C. 2023. Taxonomy of the complex around Phyllocnistis saligna (Zeller, 1839) (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) in North and Central Europe, with the description of a new species. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 70, 10–28.