Bucculatrix ulmella Zeller, 1848 Species
Last modified: Sept. 6, 2023, 5:27 p.m.
A common species in Belgium, mainly in the northern half.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Bucculatricidae > Genus: Bucculatrix > Species: Bucculatrix ulmella
- Vernacular names
- Eikenooglapmot (NL)
- 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.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Mine
The young larva mines the leaf of Quercus in a short, contorted gallery.
See also bladmineerders.be
Cocoon/pupa
Bionomics
Later, after the mining, it feeds externally on the underside of the leaf.
Pupation in a white, ribbed cocoon on a leaf or the tree trunk.
The adults are active in the evening.
No pictures yet!
Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations a year: in July-August, and from November hibernating till April.
Observed on
- Host plant (genera):
- Quercus
The young larva mines the leaf of Quercus.
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