Phyllocnistis ramulicola
Phyllocnistis ramulicola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from southern Great Britain and Portugal.
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The larvae feed on Salix cinerea, Salix caprea, Salix aurita, Salix fragilis and Salix viminalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a long corridor made in the bark, running up or down and hardly widening. Finally, the corridor enters a petiole and a leaf where, close to the base and at the upper side, a white cocoon is spun in which pupation takes place.[2]
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