Bucculatrix ulmella

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Bucculatrix ulmella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. ulmella
Binomial name
Bucculatrix ulmella
Zeller, 1848 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Bucculatrix ulmella var. sircomellaStainton, 1848
  • Bucculatrix ulmella f. vetustellaStainton, 1846

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.

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The wingspan is 7–8 mm. [3] The head is ferruginous, sometimes mixed with dark fuscous in middle. Antennal eyecaps ochreous-whitish. Forewings ochreous-whitish, irrorated with brown; four oblique costal spots, first and third large, and a large median dorsal spot dark fuscous; cilia more ochreous tinged. Hindwings are grey. The larva is pale grey-greenish; lateral line darker; dots whitish; head pale brown; segment 2 brownish-grey, black-dotted. [4]

Adults are on wing from May to June and again in August. [5]

The larvae feed on Castanea sativa , Quercus faginea , Quercus petraea , Quercus pubescens , Quercus robur , Quercus rubra and Quercus trojana . They mine the leaves of their host plant. [6] Larvae can be found in July and again from September to October.

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References

  1. "Bucculatrix albedinella (Zeller, 1839)". Fauna Europaea . Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. UKmoths
  4. 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
  5. British Lepidoptera Archived September 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  6. Ellis, W N. "Bucculatrix ulmella Zeller, 1848 oak bent-wing". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

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