Bucculatrix noltei
Species of moth
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Bucculatrix noltei is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found from Finland to Belgium, Italy and the Crimea and from the Netherlands to Central Russia.[1] It was described by August Arthur Petry in 1912.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. noltei |
| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix noltei Petry, 1912 | |
The wingspan is 5–6 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May and again from July to August in two generations per year.[2]
The larvae feed on Artemisia vulgaris. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found from June to October.[3] The species overwinters in the pupal stage.
