Bucculatrix cidarella

Bucculatrix cidarella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species: B. cidarella
Binomial name
Bucculatrix cidarella
(Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Lyonetia cidarella Zeller, 1839

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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