Bucculatrix cantabricella

Bucculatrix cantabricella is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Pierre Chrétien in 1898. It is found in the western and central Mediterranean region, east to Slovakia and North Macedonia.[1]

Bucculatrix cantabricella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. cantabricella
Binomial name
Bucculatrix cantabricella
Chrétien, 1898

The wingspan is 7–8 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Convolvulus cantabrica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found in June. The species probably overwinters in the pupal stage.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Lepiforum.de
  3. ^ "Bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
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