14.009 BF273 – Bucculatricidae – Bucculatrix thoracella
Bucculatricidae – Bucculatrix thoracella – Lime Bent-wing
STATUS – Local and common moth, wherever there are Lime trees.
ID POINTERS – A Leaf-miner – A tiny moth with a golden yellow ground colour with darker brown patches and a brown streak running through the middle to the cilia.
MINE -The egg is found on the underside of the leaf. The mine is narrow and filled with black frass. Found on Tilia (Lime) Mining the leaves first then creating small feeding windows.
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing during the day in June & August – Leaf-mine July & August
IMAGES – Belper, Derbyshire – Mine – Wyver Lane – Dave Evans©
