Bucculatrix demaryella (Duponchel, 1840)
Birch Tuft
(Birch Bent-wing)
14.0130 (B&F: 276)
»Suborder: Glossata
»Superfamily: Gracillarioidea
»Family: Bucculatricidae
»Subfamily: Teichobiinae
»Tribe: Phalacropterygini
A resident species usually occurring sparingly by day and at mv light; sometimes fairly common in a very few of the foremost deciduous woodlands. Single-brooded, flying mainly from late May to early July. Larvae feed on (silver) birch and hazel. (Pratt, 2011)