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.[1] It was described by August Arthur Petry in 1912.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. noltei
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| Bucculatrix noltei Petry, 1912
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The wingspan is 5–6 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May and again from July to August in two generations per year.[2]
The larvae feed on Artemisia vulgaris. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found from June to October.[3] The species overwinters in the pupal stage.
References
edit- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived April 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
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