Bucculatrix thoracella (Thunberg, 1794) Species
Last modified: Sept. 3, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
A fairly common species in Belgium, with most observations in the northern part of the country.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Bucculatricidae > Genus: Bucculatrix > Species: Bucculatrix thoracella
- Vernacular names
- Lindeooglapmot (NL)
- Synonyms
- Bucculatrix hippocastanella (Duponchel, 1840)
- 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] Hyppocastanella [sic]. Dup.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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The young larva mines mainly in the leaf of Tilia cordata and sometimes also Tilia x vulgaris, in a narrow mine, usually following a leaf-vein.
See also bladmineerders.be
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Bionomics
Later, after the mining, it feeds externally on the underside of the leaf.
Pupation in a cocoon on the trunk of the tree or in leaf litter.
The adults are active in the evening.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations a year: in May-June, and in August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Tilia cordata and Tilia vulgaris
The larva mines mainly in the leaf of Tilia cordata and sometimes also Tilia x vulgaris.
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