Bucculatrix thoracella

Bucculatrix thoracella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species: B. thoracella
Binomial name
Bucculatrix thoracella
(Thunberg, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Tinea thoracella Thunberg, 1794
  • Elachista hippocastanella Duponchel, 1840
  • Bucculatrix thoracella var. luteiciliella Tengström

Bucculatrix thoracella is a moth of the Bucculatricidae family. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula) and Japan (the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu).[1]

Mined and gnawed lime leaf
Larva

The wingspan is 6–8 mm. Adults are on wing in June and sometimes again in August.

The larvae feed on Acer campestre, Acer platanoides, Acer pseudoplatanus, Aesculus hippocastanum, Alnus, Betula, Carpinus betulus, Fagus sylvatica, Sorbus, Tilia cordata, Tilia platyphyllos and Tilia tomentosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a small, full depth, hook-like corridor, usually in a vein axil, with a proportionally large larval chamber. The remainder of the mine is almost entirely filled with frass. The larvae soon leave their mine and start living free on the leaf.

References

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