Dasineura auritae

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    Description

    Causes galls on Salix where the leaf edges roll. The living larva is yellow with only one larva in each gall. Two generations per year: the summer generation pupates within the gall, the winter generation in the ground.

    Identification difficulty
    UK Status

    Rare or under recorded.

    VC55 Status

    Rare or under recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland. 

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    • Graham Calow
      Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
      06 September 2018
      leaf roll gall on Grey Willow
    • Graham Calow
      Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
      06 September 2018
      leaf roll gall on Grey Willow
    • David Nicholls
      Nature Alive, Coalville
      18 September 2017
    • David Nicholls
      Nature Alive, Coalville
      18 September 2017

    Leicestershire & Rutland Map

    MAP KEY:

    Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
    Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2020+ | 2015-2019 | pre-2015

    UK Map

    • Graham Calow
      Broughton Astley Brick Quarry
      02 July 2020
    • Graham Calow
      Broughton Astley Brick Quarry
      02 July 2020