Bucculatrix bechsteinella (Bechstein & Scharfenberg 1805) (Family Bucculatricidae)

Forewing Length: 3.5mm; Wingspan: 7-9mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
? July - August ? May - August
(Earliest: 28.5)

Biotopes:
Hedge Rows

Gardens
Food:
(Larva)
(Oligophagous Leaf Miner)

Several Rosaceae
Parasitoids:
Diadegma crassum Larva

Pediobius saulius Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:
Several Ichneumonidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Bucculatrix bechsteinella
Bucculatrix bechsteinella
Nature Spot: Bucculatrix bechsteinella
Lepiforum: Bucculatrix bechsteinella
British Leafminers: Bucculatrix bechsteinella
Plant Parasites of Europe: Bucculatrix bechsteinella


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