Bucculatrix_frangutella References

Bucculatrix frangutella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Bucculatricidae
Genus:	Bucculatrix
Species:	B. frangutella
Binomial name
	Bucculatrix frangutella; ( Goeze, 1783)

Bucculatrix frangutella is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1783. It is found in Europe.^[1]

The wingspan is about 8 mm. The head is white, sometimes fuscous-mixed in middle. Forewings are white, sometimes more or less sprinkled with fuscous; oblique costal spots before and beyond middle, a third at apex, and one on middle of dorsum brownish-ochreous irrorated with dark fuscous, Plical and second discal stigmata black. Hindwings are grey. The larva is pale yellowish-green, anteriorly pinkish tinged; dorsal line darker; head pale brown. Segment 2 is brown-marked above.^[2]

Adults are on wing between June and July depending on the location.

The larvae mine the leaves of buckthorns ( Rhamnus species), including common buckthorn ( Rhamnus cathartica) as well as alder buckthorn ( Frangula alnus).^[1]^[3]

Gallery

Mined leaf
A mined and gnawed leaf of Rhamnus frangula
Larva
Cocoon

References

^ ^a ^b Lastuvka, A., & Lastuvka, Z. (2017). New records of Lepidoptera from the Iberian Peninsula from 2016 (Insecta: Lepidoptera). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, 45(178), 283-297.
^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
^ Shaw, M. R., & Sims, I. (2015). Notes on the biology, morphology, nomenclature and classification of Pseudavga flavicoxa Tobias, 1964 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rhysipolinae), a genus and species new to Britain parasitizing Bucculatrix thoracella (Thunberg)(Lepidoptera, Bucculatricidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 42, 21.

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[:0-1] Lastuvka, A., & Lastuvka, Z. (2017). New records of Lepidoptera from the Iberian Peninsula from 2016 (Insecta: Lepidoptera). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, 45(178), 283-297.

[2] Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description

[3] Shaw, M. R., & Sims, I. (2015). Notes on the biology, morphology, nomenclature and classification of Pseudavga flavicoxa Tobias, 1964 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rhysipolinae), a genus and species new to Britain parasitizing Bucculatrix thoracella (Thunberg)(Lepidoptera, Bucculatricidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 42, 21.

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