14.008 BF272 - Bucculatricidae - Bucculatrix cidarella - Alder Tuft

14.008 BF272 - Bucculatricidae - Bucculatrix cidarella - Alder Tuft - (Zeller, 1839)

Adult Micro: CAT 3 - Very Rare/Scarce/Migrant/Adventive -

Leaf-miner: CAT L - The leaf or a Photo required -

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- Uncertain/Unknown - Insufficient Data - Leaf Miner

Taxonomy: Micro >> Bucculatricidae

Other Name/s: Alder Bent-wing

ID Difficulty: green

- easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.

ID pointers: Easily recognised by the overall dark brown forewing colour with opposite whitish spots located on the costa and dorsum – an orangish head and a whitish border to the cilia.

Distribution: (Last record: 2009 at Norbury (Leaf Mine involved) ) - Uncertain due to insufficient data – only records are 26/09/2006 Shallcross Wood Field Observation – Leaf Mine / Norbury 1/10/2009 – Leaf Mine – Adults are difficult to locate

Flight Period: June / July /

Mine Period: June / July / - The larvae create a tenanted mine in the leaf of Alder, sometimes Bog Myrtle, feeding on the upper-side rather than the underside of the leaf. Once the larvae leave the leaf they then feed on the underside.

Moth Activity: Cathemeral

Photographed: No - Photographed By: Not Recorded

*** Last updated on 26 February 2025 by TD ***

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Wingspan: 8-9mm

Food Plant: Alder and Bog Myrtle

Last Recorded Year: 2009

Last Recorded By: Not Recorded

Last Recorded General Area: Norbury (Leaf Mine involved)

No First Date Information Recorded

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