Bohemannia quadrimaculella

Bohemannia quadrimaculella

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Bohemannia
Species: B. quadrimaculella
Binomial name
Bohemannia quadrimaculella
(Boheman, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula quadrimaculella Boheman, 1853
  • Bucculatrix antispilella Meess, 1910

Bohemannia quadrimaculella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found from Norway and Sweden south to France and from Ireland east to the Czech Republic and Austria. It has also been recorded from Romania.

The wingspan is 7,4-8,8 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August in one generation.

The larvae possibly feed on Alnus glutinosa. They mine the buds or twig bark of their host plant.

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