Bucculatrix humiliella

Bucculatrix humiliella is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees and the Alps and from Great Britain to Poland. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855.

Bucculatrix humiliella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. humiliella
Binomial name
Bucculatrix humiliella
Synonyms
  • Bucculatrix capreella Krogerus, 1952
  • Bucculatrix obscurella Klemensiewicz, 1899
  • Bucculatrix merei Pelham-Clinton, 1967

The wingspan is 8–9 mm.

The larvae feed on yarrow (Achillea millefolium) and tansy (Tanacetum vulgare). They mine the leaves of their host plant. Young larvae mine out a fine leaf segment completely, leaving a black, central frass line. Older larvae live free on the upper side of the leaf, causing window feeding.


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