Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Phyllonorycter pastorella pupa

Phyllonorycter pastorella pupa

Salix babylonica, Nieuwendam

Salix babylonica, Nieuwendam; thorax, dorsal view

abdomen, lateral and ventral


cremaster, dorsal

The pupa is brownish black. According to Gregor & Patočka (2001a) the cremaster often is reddish brown, but in the Dutch material the cremaster invariably is conspicuously yellowish. It is longer than wide, and has two pairs of tiny, outwards pointing, spines.

Last modified 23.xi.2018