Food Plant: Salix viminalis (Osier), Salix spp. (Willows)

Egg: Underside of leaf

Mine: June - July; September - October

Notes: The leaf is curled over by the mine, which is underside and usually near the leaf base (as shown). Local and uncommon. Found in marshy areas in Osier beds.

National Status: Nationally Scarce A

Bradley No: 334

Data: 01.x.2005, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ex mine Losser, The Netherlands, Sjaak Koster

Image:© Willem Ellis