Bucculatrix phagnalella

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

Bucculatrix phagnalella is a moth of the Bucculatricidae family. It is found in Spain and on Mallorca, Rhodes and the Canary Islands.[1]

The wingspan is 7–8 mm. The forewings are whitish, thickly sprinkled with fuscous and fawn-brown scaling. The hindwings are shining pale grey.[2]

The larvae feed on Phagnalon saxatile. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The young larvae create a corridor with a broad central frass line. Older larvae live freely, creating fleck mines along the leaf margin.[3] The larvae can be found from November to December.

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