Bucculatrix canariensis

Bucculatrix canariensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species: B. canariensis
Binomial name
Bucculatrix canariensis
Walsingham, 1908

Bucculatrix canariensis is a moth of the Bucculatricidae family. It is found on the Canary Islands.[1]

The wingspan is 7–8 mm. The forewings are whitish, sprinkled with greyish fuscous and some blackish scaling. The hindwings are shining pale stone-grey.[2]

The larvae feed on Artemisia thuscula. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The young larvae create a rather straight corridor that is almost completely filled with frass. Older larvae live freely, creating fleck mines.[3] The larvae can be found from March to April.

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