Bucculatrix albella
Bucculatrix albella is a moth species in the family Bucculatricidae. The species was first described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1867, and is found in southern France, Italy and on the Balkan Peninsula.[1]
| Bucculatrix albella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. albella |
| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix albella Stainton, 1867 | |
The larvae feed on Paliurus spina-christi. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a tortuous corridor, becoming straight near the end, and ending in a larval chamber filled with frass. Several mines may be present in a single leaf. Older larvae live freely on the leaf. Larvae can be found from February to March.[2]
References
- Fauna Europaea
- "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
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