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Bucculatrix humiliella
Species of moth in genus Bucculatrix / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Bucculatrix humiliella | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Bucculatricidae |
Genus: | Bucculatrix |
Species: | B. humiliella |
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Bucculatrix humiliella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 | |
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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.