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Bucculatrix
maritima Stainton, 1851 Saltern Bent-wing
Bucculatrix
maritima Stainton, 1851. Cat. Suppl.:11
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Leaf-miner: The larva creates a narrow gallery containing black or brownish frass, and subsequently one or more shorter mines or windows (UKMoths). At first a long, narrow, corridor with brown or black frass in a central line; the mine may be upper- or lower-surface of even interparenchymatous, and often enters the cortex of the stem. After some time this mine is vacated and the larva starts making several short full depth blotches. Some larvae keep this habit until short before pupation, others soon begin window-feeding (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). The larva is illustrated in UKMoths and by Emmet (1985a) (Bladmineerders van Europa). Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples). The larva pupates in a white ribbed cocoon and is illustrated in UKMoths. 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: April - May and July - August (British leafminers). Time of year - adults: June and August (UKMoths). Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: A relatively common species around the coastal saltings of England and Wales, though probably overlooked as an adult due to its size (UKMoths); Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Cardiganshire, Denbighshire, Dorset, Dunbartonshire, Durham, East Cornwall, East Norfolk, East Suffolk, Flintshire, Glamorgan, Haddington, Isle of Wight, Kirkudbrightshire, Merionethshire, North Essex, North Northumberland, North Somerset, Pembrokeshire, South-east Yorkshire, and West Cornwall, West Gloucesterhire, West Lancashire, West Norfolk and Westmorland (NBN Atlas). See also British leafminers distribution map. Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (Fauna Europaea and National Biodiversity Data Centre Map). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - Central, East, North and Northwest, Slovakia, Sweden, The Netherlands and Ukraine (Fauna Europaea). NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
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