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
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