Bucculatrix albella

Bucculatrix albella is a moth species in the family Bucculatricidae. The species was first described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1867, and is found in southern France, Italy and on the Balkan Peninsula.[1]

Bucculatrix albella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. albella
Binomial name
Bucculatrix albella
Stainton, 1867

The larvae feed on Paliurus spina-christi. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a tortuous corridor, becoming straight near the end, and ending in a larval chamber filled with frass. Several mines may be present in a single leaf. Older larvae live freely on the leaf. Larvae can be found from February to March.[2]

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-16.


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