Species Details

ABH: 15.090

BF: 367

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Phyllocnistinae

Taxon: Phyllocnistis saligna

Authority: (Zeller, 1839)

Vernacular: Willow Maze-miner

Account:

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan:

Surrey Flight Period:

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Salix fragilis, Salix purpurea (Purple Willow).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

Moths

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Moths

Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/phyllocnistis-saligna/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 49

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2005

Latest Year: 2020