Bucculatrix maritima Stainton, 1851

(Saltern Bent-wing)
14.0030 (B&F: 267)

»Suborder: Glossata
»Superfamily: Gracillarioidea
  »Family: Bucculatricidae
   »Subfamily: Teichobiinae
    »Tribe: Phalacropterygini

Status and ecology:

National Status: Nationally Scarce B

A resident species occurring singly or sparingly at mv light in or near coastal salt marshes across the region. Double-brooded, flying mainly from early May to mid-August. Larvae feed on the florets of sea wormwood and sea aster. (Pratt, 2011)

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Bucculatrix maritima Stainton, 1851

(Saltern Bent-wing)14.0030 (B&F: 267)

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