Bucculatrix nigricomella
Species of moth
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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]
| Bucculatrix nigricomella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. nigricomella |
| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix nigricomella (Zeller, 1839) | |
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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][3]
Adults are on wing from April to May and again in August. There are two generations per year.[4]
The larvae feed on Leucanthemum vulgare.[5] They mine the leaves of their host plant.
Plant of Chrysanthemum leucanthemum with mined leaves
Mining larva
Externally feeding larva
