Bucculatrix nigricomella (Zeller, 1839) Species
Last modified: Sept. 3, 2024, 2:02 p.m.
A not so common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Bucculatricidae > Genus: Bucculatrix > Species: Bucculatrix nigricomella
- Vernacular names
- Margrietooglapmot (NL)
- Synonyms
- Bucculatrix aurimaculella (Stainton, 1849)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Fré Ch. 1858. Catalogue des Microlépidoptères de la Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 2: 45–162. On page 154 (as B.[ucculatrix] Aurimaculella. Staint.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
The young larva mines the leaf of Leucanthemum vulgare in a long gallery, sometimes changing to another leaf. Later, it feeds externally on the underside of the leaf.
Pupation in a white, ribbed cocoon on a leaf or the adjacent herbage.
The adults are active in the evening.
No pictures yet!
Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations a year: from early May till June and in July/August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Leucanthemum vulgare
The young larva mines the leaf of Leucanthemum vulgare.
No pictures yet!
