Salix babylonica but beyond China, it has not generally been as successfully cultivated as some of its hybrid derivatives, being sensitive to late-spring frosts. In the more humid climates of much of Europe and eastern North America, it is susceptible to a canker disease, willow anthracnose ("Marssonina salicicola"), which makes infected trees very short-lived and unsightly. "Salix babylonica" (Babylon willow) has many cultivars, including: Various cultivars of "Salix matsudana" (Chinese willow) are now often included within "Salix babylonica", treated more broadly, including: Yet other weeping willow cultivars are derived from interspecific "Salix" hybrids, including "S. babylonica" in their parentage. The most widely
Coleophora lusciniaepennella Coleophora lusciniaepennella Coleophora lusciniaepennella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula, the Mediterranean islands and most of the Balkan Peninsula and Russia. It occurs in forest-steppe biotopes. The wingspan is 10-13,5 mm. The moth flies from June to July depending on the location. The larvae feed on "Myrica gale", "Populus tremula", "Salix alba", "Salix aurita", "Salix babylonica", "Salix caprea", "Salix cinerea", "Salix dasyclados", "Salix fragilis", "Salix glabra", "Salix pentandra", "Salix repens", "Salix triandra" and "Salix viminalis". They create a bivalved composite leaf case of 8–10 mm. It is rather