Bucculatrix nigricomella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. nigricomella
Binomial name
Bucculatrix nigricomella
(Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Lyonetia nigricomella Zeller, 1839
  • Bucculatrix albipedella Hofmann, 1874

Bucculatrix nigricomella is a species of moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It was first described in 1839 by Philipp Christoph Zeller. It is found in most of Europe (except the Balkan Peninsula).[1]

The wingspan is 7–8 mm. The head is dark fuscous. Antennal eyecaps whitish, forewings shining greyish-bronzy, pairs of costal and dorsal undefined ochreous whitish spots before middle and at 2/3. Hindwings are rather dark grey. The larva is greenish or yellowish; head pale brown; segment 2. On the Continent ([Europe]) the usual form of the imago is almost unicolorous, the spots being nearly or quite obsolete, but this form does not seem to have occurred in England.[2]

Adults are on wing from April to May and again in August. There are two generations per year.[3]

The larvae feed on Leucanthemum vulgare.[4] They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a long, hair thin, winding corridor. Usually the corridor is mostly on the upper-surface. The frass is initially deposited in a narrow continuous central line. Further on, the frass line is often interrupted. Older larvae live free and cause window feeding, usually at the leaf underside.

References

  1. ↑ Akulov, E. N., Ponomarenko, M. G., & Kirichenko, N. I. (2019). Exploring fauna of Microlepidoptera in South Siberia: novel regional records and interception of quarantine species. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 12(4), 597-612.
  2. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  3. ↑ Homan, R. (2011). Bucculatrix nigricomella (Zell.)(Lep.: Bucculatricidae) feeding in February. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 123(2), 60.
  4. ↑ TRIBERTI, P., & BRAGGIO, S. (2011). Remarks on some families of leaf-mining Microlepidoptera from central-southern Sardinia, with some ecological considerations (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae, Bucculatricidae, Gracillariidae). Biodiversity of Marganai and Montimannu (Sardinia). Research in the framework of the ICP forests network., 767-781.


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