Phyllonorycter salicicolella
Salix cinerea, Bergen NH

Salix cinerea, Tilburg: opened mine, showing the flimsy cocoon
mine
Fairly small, lower-surface, tentiform mine, often touching the leaf margin. The reddish brown pupa in a flimsy, whitish of very pale yellowish cocoon; possibly the cocoon sometimes is missing altogether. Frass packed in a corner of the mine.
host plants
Salicaceae, monophagous
Salix aurita, caprea, cinerea, myrsinifolia.
Buhr (1937a) additionally mentions S. alba, spadicea.
phenology
Larvae in July and September – October (Emmet ao, 1985a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2010).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2010).
LUX recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
distribution within Europe
All Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
larva
pupa
synonyms
Lithocolletis salicicolella.
notes
Until recently Phyllonorycter brevilineatella (Benander, 1944) was considered a synonym of salicicolella. However, biochemical studies indicate that it probably is a distinct species (Bengtsson, 2010a, Bengtsson & Johansson, 2011a). The species so far is known only from Sweden, and lives on Salix aurita; probably the mine will not be diferent from the one of salicicolella.
references
Baldizzone & scalercio (2018a), Bengtsson (2010a), Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Buhr (1937a, 1964a), Buszko (1992b), Davis & Deschka (2001a), Deutschmann (2008a), Drăghia (1972a), Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson (1985a), van Frankenhuyzen & Houtman (1972a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Gregor & Patočka (2001a), Haase (1942a), Hering (1957a), Huber (1969a), Jaworski (2009a), Kasy (1965a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Maček (1999a), Nel & Varenne (2014a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins (1998a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Sønderup (1949a), Szőcs (1977a).