Bucculatrix maritima
Bucculatrix maritima is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in most of Europe (except the Balkan Peninsula), Russia and Japan (the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu).[1] It was first described in 1851 by Henry Tibbats Stainton.
Bucculatrix maritima | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Bucculatricidae |
Genus: | Bucculatrix |
Species: | B. maritima |
Binomial name | |
Bucculatrix maritima Stainton, 1851 | |
The wingspan is 8–9 mm. Adults are on wing in June and again in August. There are two generations per year.
The larvae feed on sea aster (Aster tripolium). They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a long, narrow, corridor with brown or black frass in a central line. The mine may be upper- or lower-surface of even interparenchymatous, and often enters the cortex of the stem. The larva vacates the mine after some time and makes several short full depth blotches. Some larvae keep this habit until short before pupation, others soon begin window-feeding.
Gallery
- Mined leaf of Aster tripolium
- Larva
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