The leaf and stem  mines of British flies and other insects by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds


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Bucculatrix humiliella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
[Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae]


Bucculatrix humiliella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855. Schmett. Europ. 5: 340, fig. 859.
Bucculatrix
capreella Krogerus, 1952. Notul. ent Helsingf. 32: 157, fig'd.
Bucculatrix
obscurella Klemensiewicz, 1899. [Synonymised by Mey, 1999].

Leaf-mine: Details unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Asteraceae      
Achillea millefolium Yarrow Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere: Unknown.

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: Easterness, Elgin and South Aberdeen (NBN Gateway distribution map - HBRG, NESBRC and SNH).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Finland, French mainland, Germany, Latvia, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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