''Bucculatrix maritima'' is a
species of
moth of 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, bein ...
. It is found in most of
Europe (except the
Balkan Peninsula
The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...
),
Russia and
Japan
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(the islands of
Hokkaido and
Honshu). It was first described in 1851 by
Henry Tibbats Stainton.
The
wingspan is 8–9 mm. The head is pale greyish-ochreous, centre sometimes fuscous. Forewings are light greyish-ochreous, more or less irrorated with fuscous; a short median streak from base, pairs of costal and dorsal undefined spots before middle and at 3/4 whitish, often very indistinct; plical and second discal stigmata minute, black. Hindwings are rather dark grey. The larva is pale greyish-green; dorsal line darker, head yellowish; segment 2 yellowish-grey, blackish- dotted.
[Meyrick, E., 1895 ''A Handbook of British Lepidoptera'' MacMillan, Londo]
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Keys and description
Adults are on wing in June and again in August. There are two generations per year.
The
larvae feed on sea aster (''
Aster tripolium''). They
mine the leaves of their host plant.
Gallery
Image:Bucculatrix maritima mined leaf of Aster tripolium.JPG, Mined leaf of '' Aster tripolium''
Image:Bucculatrix maritima larva.JPG, Larva
References
External links
Plant Parasites of Europeukmoths
Bucculatricidae
Leaf miners
Moths described in 1851
Moths of Asia
Moths of Europe
Taxa named by Henry Tibbats Stainton
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