''Bucculatrix anthemidella'' is a
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
in the family
Bucculatricidae
Bucculatricidae or (Bucculatrigidae) is a family of moths. This small family has representatives in all parts of the world. Some authors place the group as a subfamily of the family Lyonetiidae.
Adults of this family are easily overlooked, bei ...
. It is found in
Kyrgyzstan
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and
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
.
Fauna Europaea
/ref> The species was first described by G. Deschka in 1972.
The larvae feed on ''Anthemis tinctoria
''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to '' Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nati ...
''. They mine
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M ...
the leaves of their host plant.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Moths described in 1972
Bucculatricidae
Moths of Asia
Moths of Europe
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