Genus Stigmella Rank Species | ||
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Similar Stigmella lemniscella, Stigmella ruficapitella, Stigmella microtheriella, Stigmella betulicola, Stigmella splendidissimella | ||
Stigmella salicis is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in all of Europe (except Iceland and Greece), east to the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone.
The wingspan is 4–6 millimetres (0.16–0.24 in). Adults are on wing from April to May and again from July to August.
The larvae feed on Myrica gale, Salix alba, Salix atrocinerea, Salix aurita, Salix babylonica, Salix caprea, Salix cinerea, Salix daphnoides, Salix fragilis, Salix lanata, Salix pentandra, Salix purpurea, Salix repens, Salix silesiaca, Salix triandra and Salix viminalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a variable corridor. It is mostly strongly contorted, sometimes even forming a secondary blotch. The frass line is broad, especially in the first half of the mine.