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Bucculatrix noltei

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Species of moth in genus Bucculatrix

Bucculatrix noltei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species: B. noltei
Binomial name
Bucculatrix noltei
Petry, 1912

Bucculatrix noltei is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found from Finland to Belgium, Italy and the Crimea and from the Netherlands to Central Russia. It was described by August Arthur Petry in 1912.

The wingspan is 5–6 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May and again from July to August in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Artemisia vulgaris. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found from June to October. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. microlepidoptera.nl Archived April 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-04-16.

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Taxon identifiers
Bucculatrix noltei


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