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Bucculatrix
bechsteinella (Bechstein & Scharfenberg, 1805) Hawthorn Bent-wing
Tinea
bechsteinella Bechstein & Scharfenberg, 1805
Lyonetia crataegi Zeller, 1839. Isis: 216. [Synonymised by Hering, 1957] Bucculatrix bechsteinella (Bechstein and Scharfenberg, 1805). |
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Leaf-miner: The larvae initially mining the leaves in a short, contorted gallery. As the larva develops it leaves the mine to feed externally, creating windows on the upperside of the leaves (UKMoths). Oviposition at the leaf upperside, egg shell iridescent. Small, hook-like corridor, mostly in a vein axil. Frass in a very thick central line. The larva soon leaves the mine through an untidy hole and subsequenty feeds living freely on the leaf (Bladmineerders van Europa). The mine is also illustrated in British leafminers. Larva: The larvae of moths have a head capsule and chewing mouthparts with opposable mandibles (see video of a gracillarid larva feeding), six thoracic legs and abdominal legs (see examples). Mining larvae uniformly greenish yellow with a darker head and prothoracic shield (Emmet, 1985a) (Bladmineerders van Europa). The larva is illustrated in British leafminers. Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples). Pupation occurs in a ribbed white cocoon spun on debris. The winter is passed in this stage. (UKMoths). The cocoon is illustrated in British leafminers. Adult: The adult is illustrated in UKMoths. The species is included in mothdissection.co.uk. Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland: Hosts elsewhere: Time of year - larvae: July and August (UKMoths; British leafminers). Time of year - adults: May and early June (UKMoths). Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: The moth occurs in wooded areas throughout England and southern Scotland (UKMoths) including Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Dorset, Dunbartonshire, Durham, East Norfolk, East Suffolk, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, North Essex, Isle of Wight, Leicestershire, North Essex, North Hampshire, North Somerset, South Northumberland, Shropshire, Stafford, West Kent, West Lancashire, West Norfolk, West Suffolk and Westmorland (NBN Atlas). See also British leafminers distribution map. Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Fauna Europaea). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Kaliningrad Region, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - Central, East and Northwest, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine and Switzerland (Fauna Europaea). NBN Atlas links to known host species: To be added British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
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