Bucculatrix cidarella
| Bucculatrix cidarella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. cidarella |
| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix cidarella (Zeller, 1839) | |
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Bucculatrix cidarella is a moth of the Bucculatricidae family. It is found in most of Europe (except the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula), Kazakhstan and Japan (Honshu).[1]
Alder leaf mined and gnawed
Externally feeding larva
The wingspan is 8–9 mm. Adults are on wing May to June. At times there is a second generation in August.
The larvae create a gallery mine in the leaves of Alnus glutinosa, Alnus incana, Alnus viridis or Myrica gale.
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