Salix babylonica Salix babylonica Salix babylonica (Babylon willow or weeping willow; ) is a species of willow native to dry areas of northern China, but cultivated for millennia elsewhere in Asia, being traded along the Silk Road to southwest Asia and Europe. "Salix babylonica" is a medium- to large-sized deciduous tree, growing up to tall. It grows rapidly, but has a short lifespan, between 40 and 75 years. The shoots are yellowish-brown, with small buds. The leaves are alternate and spirally arranged, narrow, light green, 4–16 cm long and 0.5–2 cm broad, with finely serrate margins and long acuminate tips; they turn
Caloptilia stigmatella Caloptilia stigmatella Caloptilia stigmatella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Holarctic Region, including all of Europe (except the Balkan Peninsula). The wingspan is . Adults are on wing in late June and July, and again from September onwards. The larvae feed on "Myrica gale", "Populus alba", "Populus candicans", "Populus canescens", "Populus nigra", "Populus tremula", "Salix alba", "Salix aurita", "Salix babylonica", "Salix cinerea", "Salix dasyclados", "Salix elaeagnos", "Salix fragilis", "Salix glaucosericea", "Salix lanata", "Salix magnifica", "Salix myrsinifolia", "Salix pentandra", "Salix purpurea", "Salix repens", "Salix sitchensis", "Salix spadicea", "Salix x stipularis", "Salix triandra", "Salix udensis" and