Bucculatrix albella
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Bucculatrix albella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Bucculatricidae |
Genus: | Bucculatrix |
Species: | B. albella
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Binomial name | |
Bucculatrix albella Stainton, 1867
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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]
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
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
External links
- Images representing Bucculatrix albella at Consortium for the Barcode of LifeError: "Q13446292" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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