Bucculatrix cristatella
Bucculatrix cristatella is a species of moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in most of Europe (except the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula). It was described in 1839 by Philipp Christoph Zeller.

The wingspan is about 7 mm. The head is ochreous-yellowish to light yellowish -fuscous. Forewings are shining ochreous-grey.Hindwings grey.The larva is pale greenish ; dorsal and subdorsal lines darker ; dots whitish and the head pale brown.Plate of 2 yellowish, brown-dotted.

Adults are on wing from May to June and again from July to August. There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on "Achillea millefolium", "Anthemis tinctoria", "Chrysanthemum" species and "Leucanthemopsis alpina". They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a very fine corridor along the leaf margin, mainly in the lower leaves. The frass is deposited in a narrow central line. The larva might abandon the mine and restart elsewhere. Older larvae live free, and feed by slicing open the margin of a leaf segment near its tip and eating away tissue, resulting in a number of full depth blotch mines. Last instar larvae feed freely on the leaf.
Q7432
species
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moth
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Bucculatricidae
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Q46
Europe
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Q12837
Iberian Peninsula
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Q23522
Balkan Peninsula
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Philipp Christoph Zeller
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wingspan
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larvae
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Q25408
Achillea millefolium
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Q925164
Anthemis tinctoria
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Q59882
Chrysanthemum
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None
Leucanthemopsis alpina
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Q1544843
mine
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Q2098762
frass
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Q4982472
Bucculatrix cristatella
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1839
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