Stigmella pallidiciliella Klimesch, 1946
mine
Oviposition at the upperside, next to the midrib. The larva at first makes a long corridor along the midrib, with an often interrupted frass line that leaves a clear zone at either side. The mine develops into a broad elongate blotch that in narrow leaves may occupy half of the leaf. Both the corridor and the later blotch are in the sponge parenchyma; from above the mine is hardly discernable.
host plants
Salicaceae, narrowly monophagous
Salix purpurea.
phenology
Larvae were collected in November.
distribution within Europe
From Czechia and Slovakia to northern Italy (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Light amber; head brown.
references
Hering (1957a), Klimesch (1946b, 1950c), Kurz (2016a), A & Z Laštuvka (1997a), van Nieukerken (1986a), van Nieukerken, Mutanen & Doorenweerd (2012a), Szőcs (1977a), Wieser (2008a).