Bucculatrix bechsteinella (Bechstein & Scharfenberg, 1805)

(Hawthorn Bent-wing)
14.0120 (B&F: 275)

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

Synonym(s):

Bucculatrix crataegi (Zeller, 1839)

Status and ecology:

National Status: Local

A resident species with all stages usually occurring singly in a very few places in the West, although larvae are sometimes common on Thorney Island. Presumed extinct in the East since its last listing in 1905. Single-brooded, flying mainly from late May to late June. Larvae feed on hawthorn and wild service. (Pratt, 2011)

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