Bucculatrix demaryella (Duponchel, 1840) Species
Last modified: Sept. 6, 2023, 5:23 p.m.
A fairly common species in Belgium, more observed in the northern part of the country.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Bucculatricidae > Genus: Bucculatrix > Species: Bucculatrix demaryella
- Vernacular names
- Berkenooglapmot (NL)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Crombrugghe G. 1905. Note sur quelques Microlépidoptères de la faune belge. — Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 49: 100–107. On page 107. view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Bionomics
Initialy the mine is a narrow gallery, often contorted and later following a vein, the final chamber is often turned away at right angles, the frass fills the gallery.
Later the larva eats out windows from either side, leaving the veinlets.
Pupates in a greyish ochreous cocoon spun amongst debris. The adults come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation a year: during May and early June.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Castanea sativa and Corylus avellana
- Host plant (genera):
- Betula
The larva mines the leaf of Betula, Corylus avellana and Castanea sativa.
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