Bucculatrix cantabricella

Bucculatrix cantabricella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species: B. cantabricella
Binomial name
Bucculatrix cantabricella
Chrétien, 1898

Bucculatrix cantabricella is a moth in the Bucculatricidae family. It was described by Chrétien in 1898. It is found in the western and central Mediterranean region, east to Slovakia and the Republic of Macedonia.[1]

The wingspan is 7–8 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Convolvulus cantabrica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a narrow corridor, followed by an irregular blotch. Pupation takes place outside of the mine, in a whitish, spindle-shaped cocoon. Larvae can be found in June. The species probably overwinters in the pupal stage.[3]

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