Bucculatrix gnaphaliella
Species of moth in genus Bucculatrix
Bucculatrix gnaphaliella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Bucculatricidae |
Genus: | Bucculatrix |
Species: | B. gnaphaliella |
Binomial name | |
Bucculatrix gnaphaliella (Treitschke, 1833)[1] | |
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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.
The wingspan is 8–9 mm.[2]
The larvae feed on Gnaphalium and Helichrysum arenarium. They mine the leaves of their host plant. In the end, it bores the shoots of the host plant.[3] Larvae of the first generation can be found from autumn to May of the following year. Second generation larvae are found in July and live freely. They are pale yellow.
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External links
- Images representing Bucculatrix gnaphaliella at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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