Bucculatrix argentisignella

Bucculatrix argentisignella is a moth species in the family Bucculatricidae. It was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855 and is found in France and in disjunct populations in Central, Eastern and Northern Europe.[1]

Bucculatrix argentisignella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. argentisignella
Binomial name
Bucculatrix argentisignella
Synonyms
  • Bucculatrix gracilella Frey, 1856

Adults exhibit sexual dimorphism. Males have uniform grey wings, lacking the four silvery spots on the forewings.[2]

The larvae feed on Leucanthemum vulgare. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a narrow, upper- or lower-surface gallery. Later, the gallery widens, becoming full-depth. The frass is deposited in the center of the corridor. Larvae sometimes leave the mine and continue elsewhere. Pupation takes place outside of the mine. Larvae can be found from May to June and again in July.[3]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Nota lepidopterologica
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-04-16.



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