Bucculatrix ratisbonensis

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Bucculatrix ratisbonensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. ratisbonensis
Binomial name
Bucculatrix ratisbonensis
Stainton, 1861 [1]

Bucculatrix ratisbonensis is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to Italy and from Germany to Russia. It was described in 1861 by Henry Tibbats Stainton.

Piece of gnawed on Artemisia campestris leaf, with cocoon at the right Bucculatrix ratisbonensis piece of gnawed Artemisia campestris leaf, with cocoon at the right.JPG
Piece of gnawed on Artemisia campestris leaf, with cocoon at the right
Larva Bucculatrix ratisbonensis larva.JPG
Larva

The wingspan is 7–8 mm. [2] There are two to three generations per year with adults on wing from May to August.

The larvae feed on Artemisia campestris and Artemisia vulgaris . They mine the leaves of their host plant. [3]

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Swedish Moths
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-31.