Bucculatrix cidarella (Zeller, 1839) Species
Last modified: Nov. 23, 2024, 12:43 p.m.
A fairly common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Bucculatricidae > Genus: Bucculatrix > Species: Bucculatrix cidarella
- Vernacular names
- Elzenooglapmot (NL)
- First mention in Belgium
- Fologne E. 1859b. Supplément au catalogue des lépidoptères de Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 3: 133–142. On page 140 (as Bucculatrix cidarella. Ti.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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Bionomics
The young larva mines in a short and narrow gallery. Later, it feeds externally on the leaf, creating small feeding windows. Pupation in a yellow-brown, ribbed cocoon, darkening with age. The adults are active in the evening.
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Flight periods
The adults have been observed from mid-May till August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Alnus glutinosa and Myrica gale
The young larva mines the leaf of Alnus glutinosa, very rare on Myrica gale.
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