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Parectopa ononidis >

Bucculatrix demaryella (Duponchel, 1840)

Birch Tuft
(Birch Bent-wing)
14.0130 (B&F: 276)


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

Number of records: 9
Recorded in: 3 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 08 ix 2012
Identification 
difficulty 
: 2Adult: Can be confused with other species
Mine: Leaf or good photograph required

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)

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