Breeding Phyllonorycter mines – success!

Like Paul, I too have saved a few Phyllonorycter mines to try and breed out the adults. Collected a mine from Crack willow last week and was pleased to find a moth hatched out of it this morning (they can be heavily parasitized, so is very hit and miss trying to get adults out). This moth keys out as Phyllonorycter salictella, a new species for me and for the golf course.

Neil

Phyllonorycter salictella

 

 

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