14.006 BF270  –  Bucculatricidae – Bucculatrix frangutella – Buckthorn Tuft – (Goeze, 1783) Adult Micro:  CAT 2 – Confusion Species –       Leaf-miner:  CAT L – The leaf or a Photo required – reared and possibly dissected       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Black – Uncertain/Unknown – Insufficient Data        purple – Leaf Miner
Taxonomy:   Micro  >> .  . >>  Bucculatricidae
Other Name/s: Buckthorn Bent-wing
ID Difficulty:  amber  – care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely – quality photographs required.
Confusion Species:  Bucculatrix albedinella
ID pointers: No information at this time
Distribution:  (Last record: 26 February 2025 at Cressbrook Dale )  –  Only one record from Cressbrook Dale 28th June 1986
Flight Period: June /  July /  Mine Period: August /  September /   – Very distinctive purplish or violet spiral mines in the leaves of the foodplants. After the initial mining of the leaf, the larvae then feed externally on the underside of the leaves. Moth Activity: Cathemeral  Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Steve Orridge  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 6 May 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 7-8mm
Food Plant: Buckthorn; Alder Buckthorn
Last Recorded Year: 1986
Last Recorded By – Not Recorded
Last Recorded General Area – Cressbrook Dale

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Rose End Meadows (2009) – Steve Orridge©

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Distribution Map for Bucculatrix frangutella

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Found 8 records
    ↳ 0 from After 2025
    ↳ 0 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 8 from Before 2020

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Monthly Records By Year: Bucculatrix frangutella
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Monthly Counts By Year: Bucculatrix frangutella

Recordings By Year: Bucculatrix frangutella

Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Bucculatrix frangutella
AGR: -8.2%   |   Total % Change: -87.2%
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2024

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Bucculatrix frangutella

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Bucculatrix frangutella

Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Mine Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Bucculatrix frangutella

Mine Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's mine periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen mining, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Bucculatrix frangutella – 8 records available

Listed by Year - descending

TaxonSite NameTetradYearDateCountStage
Bucculatrix frangutellaHopton Wood NR, CromfordSK25T200916/10/20091Larval Mine
Bucculatrix frangutellaCoombs Dale,Stoney MiddletonSK27H200912/10/20091Larval Mine
Bucculatrix frangutellaCromford, Matlock DE4, UKSK25Y200916/10/20091Larva
Bucculatrix frangutellaRose End MeadowSK25Y200916/10/20091mine
Bucculatrix frangutellaVia Gellia,CromfordSK25T200607/06/20065Adult
Bucculatrix frangutellaCressbrook Dale, Little LongstoneSK17R199620/07/19961Adult
Bucculatrix frangutellaCressbrook Dale, TideswellSK17R199620/07/199620Adult
Bucculatrix frangutellaCressbrook Dale (Botanical Acre), Little LongstoneSK17R198628/06/19861Adult

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