Bucculatrix infans
Bucculatrix infans is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1880. It is found on the Balkan Peninsula and in Ukraine[1] and Turkey.
| Bucculatrix infans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. infans |
| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix infans Staudinger, 1880 | |
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The wingspan is about 7 mm.[2]
The larvae feed on Centaurea triniifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mines have the form of full-depth fleck mines, occupying the entire width of the leaf segments. Larvae can be found in July. They are olive green.[3]
References
- Fauna Europaea
- lepiforum.de
- "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
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