Bucculatrix cantabricella
Bucculatrix cantabricella is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Pierre Chrétien in 1898. It is found in the western and central Mediterranean region, east to Slovakia and North Macedonia.[1]
| Bucculatrix cantabricella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. cantabricella |
| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix cantabricella Chrétien, 1898 | |
The larvae feed on Convolvulus cantabrica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a narrow corridor, followed by an irregular blotch. Pupation takes place outside of the mine, in a whitish, spindle-shaped cocoon. Larvae can be found in June. The species probably overwinters in the pupal stage.[3]
References
- Fauna Europaea
- Lepiforum.de
- "Bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
- Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum
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