Oak Bent-Wing

Bucculatrix ulmella

''Bucculatrix ulmella'' is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula, Slovenia and Bulgaria. It was first described in 1848 by Philipp Christoph Zeller.
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Appearance

The wingspan is 7–8 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June and again in August.

Food

The larvae feed on ''Castanea sativa'', ''Quercus faginea'', ''Quercus petraea'', ''Quercus pubescens'', ''Quercus robur'', ''Quercus rubra'' and ''Quercus trojana''. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

The mine has the form of a short, angular corridor with much black frass and a large larval chamber. The larvae leave the mine and engage in lower-surface window feeding. Larvae can be found in July and again from September to October. They are greenish grey mottled with white and with a light brown head.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyBucculatricidae
GenusBucculatrix
SpeciesB. ulmella
Photographed in
Netherlands