BUCCULATRICIDAE

14.006 Bucculatrix frangutella (Buckthorn Tuft)

ws: 7-8mm; Jun-Jul; leaf mine buckthorn (Rhamnus catharticus), alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus); buckthorn carr in fens and open woodland South of line from Wash to Severn
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Bucculatrix frangutella §1 male
ID: Forewing not unicolourous, yellow or dark fuscous and without black discal streaks; antenna white ringed fuscous, eyecaps uniform white
Male genitalia: 
Female genitalia: 
  • Variation
  • Dissection
  • Male genitalia
  • Female genitalia
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§1 New Forest, Hampshire; 30/05/2023; male;  fw 3.7mm; netted in evening sunshine
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 01/06/2023 (§1) | dissection images added 18/09/2023