Salix sepulcralis group Salix sepulcralis group The "Salix sepulcralis" group is a cultivar group containing all cultivars of hybrids between "Salix alba" and "Salix babylonica". The "sepulcralis" or × "sepulcralis" trees are sometimes referred to as white weeping willow or glaucous weeping willow in reference to the mixed appearance from the parent species. It was first described by L. Simonkai in 1890 from trees growing in Romania. The group contains both weeping and nonweeping cultivars, though the best-known of its cultivars is 'Chrysocoma', the most widely grown weeping tree.. Some of the cultivars are hybrids of "S. babylonica" var. "matsudana" 'Tortuosa' and have
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