Bucculatrix nigricomella

Last updated

Bucculatrix nigricomella
Bucculatrix nigricomella E-MK-16499a.jpg
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. nigricomella
Binomial name
Bucculatrix nigricomella
(Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Lyonetia nigricomellaZeller, 1839
  • Bucculatrix albipedellaHofmann, 1874

Bucculatrix nigricomella is a species of moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It was first described in 1839 by Philipp Christoph Zeller. It is found in most of Europe (except the Balkan Peninsula). [1]

The wingspan is 7–8  mm. The head is dark fuscous. Antennal eyecaps whitish, forewings shining greyish-bronzy, pairs of costal and dorsal undefined ochreous whitish spots before middle and at 2/3. Hindwings are rather dark grey. The larva is greenish or yellowish; head pale brown; segment 2. On the Continent ([Europe]) the usual form of the imago is almost unicolorous, the spots being nearly or quite obsolete, but this form does not seem to have occurred in England. [2]

Adults are on wing from April to May and again in August. There are two generations per year. [3]

The larvae feed on Leucanthemum vulgare . [4] They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a long, hair thin, winding corridor. Usually the corridor is mostly on the upper-surface. The frass is initially deposited in a narrow continuous central line. Further on, the frass line is often interrupted. Older larvae live free and cause window feeding, usually at the leaf underside.

Related Research Articles

<i>Prays fraxinella</i> Species of moth

Prays fraxinella, also known as the ash bud moth, is a moth of the family Plutellidae found in Europe. The larvae are leaf miners, feeding on the leaves and buds of ash trees.

<i>Bucculatrix cristatella</i> Species of moth in genus Bucculatrix

Bucculatrix cristatella is a species of moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in most of Europe. It was described in 1839 by Philipp Christoph Zeller.

<i>Bucculatrix maritima</i> Species of moth in genus Bucculatrix

Bucculatrix maritima is a species of moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in most of Europe, Russia and Japan. It was first described in 1851 by Henry Tibbats Stainton.

Bucculatrix thurberiella, the cotton leaf perforator, is a species of moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It was first described by August Busck in 1914. It is native to the south-western United States and northern Mexico. It is an introduced species in Hawaii.

<i>Bucculatrix thoracella</i> Species of moth in genus Bucculatrix

Bucculatrix thoracella, the lime bent-wing, is species of moth in the family Bucculatricidae, and was first described in 1794 by Carl Peter Thunberg as Tinea thoracella. It is found throughout Europe with exception of Ireland and the Balkan Peninsula, and in Japan, where it occurs on the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu.

<i>Parornix betulae</i> Species of moth

Parornix betulae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, east to Korea. It was recently reported from Canada, with records from Québec, Ontario and British Columbia.

<i>Parornix torquillella</i> Species of moth

Parornix torquillella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae found in Europe. The larvae mine the leaves of Prunus species, such as blackthorn. It was described by the German entomologist Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1850, from specimens found in Florence, Leghorn and Pisa.

<i>Elachista subnigrella</i> Species of moth

Elachista subnigrella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.

<i>Elachista scirpi</i> Species of moth

Elachista scirpi is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.

<i>Elachista biatomella</i> Species of moth

Elachista biatomella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.

<i>Mompha terminella</i> Species of moth

Mompha terminella is a moth in the family Momphidae found in Europe and North America.

<i>Caryocolum marmorea</i> Species of moth

Caryocolum marmorea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean islands, and from Ireland to Poland, Hungary and Greece. It is also found on the Canary Islands and Madeira. It is also found in North America.

<i>Bucculatrix gnaphaliella</i> Species of moth in genus Bucculatrix

Bucculatrix gnaphaliella is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It is found from Sweden and the Baltic region to the Pyrenees, Italy and Romania and from France to Russia. It was described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1833.

<i>Bucculatrix ulmella</i> Species of moth in genus Bucculatrix

Bucculatrix ulmella is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula, Slovenia and Bulgaria. It was first described in 1848 by Philipp Christoph Zeller.

<i>Bucculatrix bechsteinella</i> Species of moth in genus Bucculatrix

Bucculatrix bechsteinella is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Johann Matthäus Bechstein and Georg Ludwig Scharfenberg in 1805. It is found in most of Europe, except Greece and Bulgaria.

<i>Bucculatrix demaryella</i> Species of moth in genus Bucculatrix

Bucculatrix demaryella is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae. The species was first described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1840. It is found in most of Europe, Russia and Japan.

<i>Stephensia brunnichella</i> Species of moth

Stephensia brunnichella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe and east into the Palearctic.

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.

<i>Bucculatrix noltei</i> Species of moth in genus Bucculatrix

Bucculatrix noltei is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found from Finland to Belgium, Italy and the Crimea and from the Netherlands to Central Russia. It was described by August Arthur Petry in 1912.

<i>Bucculatrix ulmifoliae</i> Species of moth in genus Bucculatrix

Bucculatrix ulmifoliae is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Erich Martin Hering in 1931. It is found in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, central and eastern Europe. It has also been recorded from Iran.

References

  1. ↑ Akulov, E. N., Ponomarenko, M. G., & Kirichenko, N. I. (2019). Exploring fauna of Microlepidoptera in South Siberia: novel regional records and interception of quarantine species. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 12(4), 597-612.
  2. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  3. ↑ Homan, R. (2011). Bucculatrix nigricomella (Zell.)(Lep.: Bucculatricidae) feeding in February. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 123(2), 60.
  4. ↑ TRIBERTI, P., & BRAGGIO, S. (2011). Remarks on some families of leaf-mining Microlepidoptera from central-southern Sardinia, with some ecological considerations (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae, Bucculatricidae, Gracillariidae). Biodiversity of Marganai and Montimannu (Sardinia). Research in the framework of the ICP forests network., 767-781.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.