Showing posts with label Coleophora lusciniaepennella. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coleophora lusciniaepennella. Show all posts

Saturday, 23 October 2010

Coleophora lusciniaepennella, Stigmella salicis, Stigmella trimaculella

I went back to Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits to establish exactly which species of willow the Stigmella salicis larvae are mining. I am now confident that this is Salix cinerea. I did also find vacated mines on Salix caprea where I also found another Coleophora lusciniaepennella case-bearing larva.
This morning I found a new species for me in the form of Stigmella trimaculella on the roadside poplars opposite Otley Garden Centre.






Saturday, 16 October 2010

Stripping the Willow

I had a productive hour at Ben Rhydding Gravel Pits this morning searching a couple of willow trees for leafmines. I even found a pale brown tortrix moth on the under-surface of a leaf but clumsily failed to pot it.
I think the case-bearer is probably Coleophora lusciniaepennella which is a new species for me.

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The contorted mine with larva still present is likely to be Stigmella salicis.
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The empty cone formed at the leaf tip could have been made by Caloptilia stigmatella?