Bucculatrix absinthii

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Bucculatrix absinthii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. absinthii
Binomial name
Bucculatrix absinthii
Gartner, 1865
Synonyms
  • Bucculatrix valesiacaFrey, 1870

Bucculatrix absinthii is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was first described by Anton Gartner in 1865. It is found in Europe, from Scandinavia to France and Italy and from Germany to Romania. [1]

The wingspan is 8–9 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September in two generations per year. [2]

The larvae feed on Artemisia absinthium . They mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found from April to May and in July. The species probably overwinters as an egg or young larva. [3]

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References

  1. "Taxon Details". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on April 16, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  2. Gustafsson, Burt (2012-02-16). "Svenska fjärilar" (in Swedish). Naturhistoriska riksmuseet. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  3. Ellis, W.N. (2012-04-14). "Bucculatrix absinthii Gartner, 1865". Zoölogisch Museum Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-21.