Species Details

ABH: 4.035

BF: 68

Family: Nepticulidae

Subfamily: Nepticulinae

Taxon: Stigmella salicis

=Stigmella auritella

Authority: (Stainton, 1854)

Vernacular: Sallow Dot

Account: Common throughout much of the British Isles. Imago very similar to S. obliquella and S. myrtillella, and most reliably recorded in the larval stage, when mines can be found on the leaves of Eared Willow, Goat Willow and Grey Willow.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 4.8 — 6.6 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Salix alba (White Willow), Salix aurita (Eared Willow), Salix babylonica (Weeping Willow), Salix fragilis., Salix pentandra (Bay Willow), Salix purpurea (Purple Willow), Salix sp. (a sallow), Salix viminalis (Osier).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 5 — Adults unidentifiable 😖 or pending grading 🧐
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/stigmella-salicis/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 202

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2025

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