Bucculatrix noltei
| Bucculatrix noltei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. noltei |
| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix noltei Petry, 1912 | |
Bucculatrix noltei is a moth in the Bucculatricidae family. It is found from Finland to Belgium, Italy and the Crimea and from the Netherlands to Central Russia.[1]
The wingspan is 5–6 mm.[2] The forewings are sandy brown, with both darker and lighter bands. Adults are on wing from April to May and again from July to August in two generations per year.[3]
The larvae feed on Artemisia vulgaris. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a slender corridor, mostly along the leaf margin. Here, there is a broad, continuous, reddish brown frass line. Later, the larva leaves the mine and lives freely on the leaf, creating fleck mines. Larvae can be found from June to October.[4] The species overwinters in the pupal stage.
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