Leaf mines...Phyllonorycter salictella
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 7:55 am
Leaf mines ..... Phyllonorycter salictella
Morning folks,
Some more queries following leaf-mining yesterday on my local patch .......
The leaf-curls on Willow look as if they might be Phyllonorycter viminetorum or Phyllonorycter salictella, and though I'm aware of the similar looking galls made by Rabdophaga marginemtorquens I don't think they are of the latter .....; the other photo is of some rather nice looking feeding evidence, which I thought peculiar enough to include here on the off-chance there's something known to feed in this manner!
I also found two 'Phyllonorycter folds' on Whitebeam (which was also littered with Lyonetia clerkella mines), which initially pointed to P. mespilella but which appeared to have a single fold rather than many, so again I'm unsure as to what they might be.
Any offers gratefully accepted!
Cheers,
Steve
Morning folks,
Some more queries following leaf-mining yesterday on my local patch .......
The leaf-curls on Willow look as if they might be Phyllonorycter viminetorum or Phyllonorycter salictella, and though I'm aware of the similar looking galls made by Rabdophaga marginemtorquens I don't think they are of the latter .....; the other photo is of some rather nice looking feeding evidence, which I thought peculiar enough to include here on the off-chance there's something known to feed in this manner!
I also found two 'Phyllonorycter folds' on Whitebeam (which was also littered with Lyonetia clerkella mines), which initially pointed to P. mespilella but which appeared to have a single fold rather than many, so again I'm unsure as to what they might be.
Any offers gratefully accepted!
Cheers,
Steve