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4.038 Stigmella
obliquella (Heinemann, 1862)
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Food Plant: Salix - smooth leaved varieties (Willow), S.fragilis, S.alba, S.viminalis, S.babylonica, S.purpurea, S.pentandra Egg: Either side of the leaf Mine: June - July, September - October Notes: An early gallery filled with frass, later leaving clear margins, finally a blotch. Larva amber, head and faint ventral spots, brown. Mine on Salix babylonica. Mine on Salix fragilis Data: 27.x.2003, Portsmouth, VC11, John Langmaid Image:© Ian Thirlwell |
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