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Phyllocnistis saligna
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| Another leafminer on the move northwards through the UK over the past few years. It was first recorded in Nottinghamshire by Steve Mathers at Stanton-on-the-wolds in September 2021 and recent surveys targetting the moth, have proved it to be widespread and already county-wide by September 2022. The upper surface mines are easily found on the leaves of various narrow-leaved Salix sp, especially Crack Willow, with the larvae also mining the stems as showed in the photographs below. | ||
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| Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Phyllocnistis
saligna |
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