Adela albicinctella Mann, 1852
on Salix
parasite
Pictures by Rudolf Bryner in Lepiforum, 2019 and Scmid show that the young larvae bore in the female catkin. Soon they start making a case (initially from pappus) and feed then on detritus.
host plants
Salicaceae, monophagous
Salix breviserrata, caprea, glaucosericea.
distribution within Europe
references
Kurz (2016a), Sauruck (0000a), Schmid (2019a).