Bucculatrix infans

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Bucculatrix infans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. infans
Binomial name
Bucculatrix infans
Staudinger, 1880
Synonyms
  • Bucculatrix centaureaeDeschka, 1973

Bucculatrix infans is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1880. It is found on the Balkan Peninsula and in Ukraine [1] and Turkey.

The wingspan is about 7 mm. [2]

The larvae feed on Centaurea triniifolia . They mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found in July. They are olive green. [3]

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. lepiforum.de
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-04-17.