Family: Gracillariidae Checklist Number: 15.056
Phyllonorycter salicicolella (Sircom, 1848)
Grey Willow Leaf-miner
A rare species in Scotland with just one Outer Hebridean record from South Uist in 2012. Members of this large micro-moth family can best be located and identified by examining the larval workings within the food-plants. They feed on the underside of willow leaves (Salix spp.), causing the leaf edge to curl.
References:
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M. (2023 second edition). Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland.