Phyllocnistis ramulicola

Phyllocnistis ramulicola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from southern Great Britain and Portugal.

Phyllocnistis ramulicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllocnistis
Species:
P. ramulicola
Binomial name
Phyllocnistis ramulicola
Langmaid & Corley, 2007[1]

The larvae feed on Salix cinerea, Salix caprea, Salix aurita, Salix fragilis and Salix viminalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a long corridor made in the bark, running up or down and hardly widening. Finally, the corridor enters a petiole and a leaf where, close to the base and at the upper side, a white cocoon is spun in which pupation takes place.[2]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. bladmineerders.nl


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