Biology:Bucculatrix absinthii

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Short description: Species of moth in genus Bucculatrix

Bucculatrix absinthii
Bucculatrix absinthii.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. absinthii
Binomial name
Bucculatrix absinthii
Gartner, 1865
Synonyms
  • Bucculatrix valesiaca Frey, 1870

Bucculatrix absinthii is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was first described by Anton Gartner in 1865. It is found in Europe, from Scandinavia to France and Italy and from Germany to Romania.[1]

The wingspan is 8–9 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September in two generations per year.[2]

The larvae feed on Artemisia absinthium. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found from April to May and in July. The species probably overwinters as an egg or young larva.[3]

References

  1. "Taxon Details". Fauna Europaea. http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=433461. Retrieved 2014-04-21. 
  2. Gustafsson, Burt (2012-02-16). "Svenska fjärilar" (in Swedish). Naturhistoriska riksmuseet. http://www2.nrm.se/en/svenska_fjarilar/b/bucculatrix_absinthii.html. Retrieved 2014-04-21. 
  3. Ellis, W.N. (2012-04-14). "Bucculatrix absinthii Gartner, 1865". Zoölogisch Museum Amsterdam. http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/bucculatrix/absinthii/absinthii.htm. Retrieved 2014-04-21. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13446289 entry