14.008 Bucculatrix cidarella (Alder Tuft)
ws: 8-9mm; May-Jun, (Aug); leaf mine alder (Alnus glutinosa); fairly common wherever alders are present, also found on bog-myrtle (Myrica gale) in Anglesey and Arne NR, Dorset.
Bucculatrix cidarella §2 female
ID: Keyed in MBGBI2 as: Forewing with four whitish spots on a dark fuscous ground - median and postmedian costal, antemedian and tornal dorsal. Male genitalia: shown for 12 of the 13 British Bucculatrix species at Moth Dissection. B.cidarella is the only species with a 2-pronged aedeagus. (The species not shown is: B.chrysanthemella, which is a recent addition to the British list).
Female genitalia: distinctive sclerotised antrum and signum of multiple lines of arrowheads in the posterior half of the corpus bursae.
Female genitalia: distinctive sclerotised antrum and signum of multiple lines of arrowheads in the posterior half of the corpus bursae.
§1 Strumpshaw Fen; 05/07/2013; male; fw 3.4mm
§2 Applecross, Ross & Cromarty; 20/06/2022; female; fw 4.3mm; netted by day
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Applecross, Ross & Cromarty; 20/06/2022; female; fw 4.3mm; netted by day
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 01/04/2014 (§1) | §2 added and text amended 08/10/2022
