Bucculatrix absinthii
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. absinthii
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| Bucculatrix absinthii Gartner, 1865
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Bucculatrix absinthii is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was first described by Anton Gartner in 1865. It is found in Europe, from Scandinavia to France and Italy and from Germany to Romania.[1]
The wingspan is 8–9 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September in two generations per year.[2]
The larvae feed on Artemisia absinthium. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a fine corridor with a central frass line. Later, the larva lives freely, creating feeding holes in the leaf near the margin, causing fleck mines. Pupation takes place in a white or yellowish-white, spindle-shaped cocoon. Larvae can be found from April to May and in July. The species probably overwinters as an egg or young larva.[3]
References
- ^ "Taxon Details". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
- ^ Gustafsson, Burt (2012-02-16). "Svenska fjärilar" (in Swedish). Naturhistoriska riksmuseet. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
- ^ Ellis, W.N. (2012-04-14). "Bucculatrix absinthii Gartner, 1865". Zoölogisch Museum Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
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