Biology:Bucculatrix ratisbonensis
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Short description: Species of moth in genus Bucculatrix
Bucculatrix ratisbonensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Bucculatricidae |
Genus: | Bucculatrix |
Species: | B. ratisbonensis
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Binomial name | |
Bucculatrix ratisbonensis (Stainton, 1861)[1]
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Bucculatrix ratisbonensis is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to Italy and from Germany to Russia . It was described in 1861 by Henry Tibbats Stainton (as Bucculatrix artemisiae var. ratisbonensis).
The wingspan is 7–8 mm.[2] There are two to three generations per year with adults on wing from May to August.
The larvae feed on Artemisia campestris and Artemisia vulgaris. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q4982499 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucculatrix ratisbonensis.
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