''Bucculatrix artemisiella'' is a
species of
moth of the family
Bucculatricidae
Bucculatricidae or (Bucculatrigidae) is a family of moths. This small family has representatives in all parts of the world. Some authors place the group as a subfamily of the family Lyonetiidae.
Adults of this family are easily overlooked, bein ...
. It is found in most of
Europe (except
Ireland, the
Mediterranean islands
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and the
Balkan Peninsula
The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...
). It was first described by
Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855.
The
wingspan is 7–8 mm.
The
larvae
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The ...
feed on ''
Artemisia campestris
''Artemisia campestris'' is a common and widespread species of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It is native to a wide region of Eurasia and North America. Common names include field wormwood, beach wormwood, northern wormwood, Breckl ...
''. They
mine
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Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
...
the leaves of their host plant. The larvae slit the margin of the leaf, and from there make a ribbon-shaped fleck mine that appears as a transparent seam along the leaf margin.
External links
Fauna Europaea
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External links
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Bucculatricidae
Moths of Europe
Moths described in 1855
Taxa named by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer
Leaf miners
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