14.009 BF273  –  Bucculatricidae – Bucculatrix thoracella – Lime Tuft – (Thunberg, 1794) Adult Micro:  CAT 1 – Distinctive 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: Lime Bent-wing
ID Difficulty:  green  – easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.
ID pointers: A tiny moth with a golden yellow ground colour with darker brown patches and a brown streak running through the middle to the cilia.
Distribution:  (Last record: 13 September 2018 at Grange Wood )  –  Only two records on iRecord. Likely to be common on Lime but uncertain due to insufficient data
Flight Period: June /  –  On the wing during June. Mine Period: July /  August /   – 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. Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Dave Evans  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 6 May 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 6-8mm
Food Plant: Small-Leaved Lime (Tilia cordata) and sometimes Common Lime (T. x vulgaris),
Last Recorded Year: 2018
Last Recorded By – Graham Finch (iRecord)
Last Recorded General Area – Grange Wood

IMAGES BELOW:  Belper, Derbyshire – Mine – Wyver Lane  – Dave Evans ©

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Distribution Map for Bucculatrix thoracella

Found 12 records
    ↳ 1 from After 2025
    ↳ 0 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 11 from Before 2020

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Bedrock Geology ** indirectly affects moth distribution by influencing the type of habitat and food plants available in an area. In turn, this may affect the types of moths that can thrive, or where they can most likely be found.

Land-cover * shows the variety of land-cover within the VC57 area, based on the CORINE (Coordination of Information on the Environment) forty-four thematic classes of land-cover. This will show, to a greater or lesser degree, the number and variety of moths found in different land-cover types. The UK continues to operate within the Copernicus programme, with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) providing Corine Land Cover (CLC) datasets for the UK and its territories.


NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Bucculatrix thoracella

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Note – the NBN Atlas datasets are listed in the map below and vary in their currency (uptodateness) – however, the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.

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Monthly Records By Year: Bucculatrix thoracella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Monthly Counts By Year: Bucculatrix thoracella
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )


First/Last Recorded Dates: Bucculatrix thoracella
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]

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Recordings By Year: Bucculatrix thoracella
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Bucculatrix thoracella
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%


CUSUM Analysis: Bucculatrix thoracella
About this chart: CUSUM (Cumulative Sum) charts track long-term trends in moth populations [ filtered by 'Adult' and 'Mine' life stages ] by showing whether each year’s counts are above or below the historical average. Even small shifts build up over time, making trends of growth, stability, or decline easier to see. CUSUM highlights trend-consistency — asking: “Across the years, have moth counts mostly stayed above or below average?”
The data sample has 18 gap year/s here (zero records) between 2000 and 2025. The moth may have been present in those gap years, but no data was available. Too many year-gaps may exaggerate or skew the chart.

Counts for the current year (2025) are pro-rated based on data available up to month 7 (July) to provide a full-year equivalent.

Purple line rises = years better than average; falls = years worse than average.
Peak (best year) Trough (worst year) Growth periods Decline periods
Population peaked around 2025, reaching above average levels. The lowest population point occurred near 2018, showing a significant decline.

What the Y-axis "Cumulative Deviation" means: Cumulative Deviation shows the running total of how each year’s moth population count differs from the long-term average. i

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Bucculatrix thoracella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Bucculatrix thoracella
( data includes Adult Stage only )

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 thoracella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

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 thoracella – 12 records available

Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns

TaxonSite NameTetradYearDateCountStageSource
Bucculatrix thoracellaBelperSK34U202510/08/20251adultvc57_irecords_extract
Bucculatrix thoracellaGrange WoodSK21S201813/09/20181Minevc57_irecords_extract
Bucculatrix thoracellaDerby (Bass Recreation Ground)SK33T201202/08/20121Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Bucculatrix thoracellaBackgarden MarehaySK34Z201101/08/20111adultvc57_irecords_extract
Bucculatrix thoracellaBamford St,RipleySK34Z201101/08/20111Adultvc57_danes_bc_data
Bucculatrix thoracellaThorpe, DovedaleSK15K201013/10/20101Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Bucculatrix thoracellaBamfordSK28B201021/09/20101Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Bucculatrix thoracellaAshbourneSK14T200901/10/20091Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Bucculatrix thoracellaCoombs Dale,Stoney MiddletonSK27H200912/10/20091Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Bucculatrix thoracellaCromfordSK25Y200916/10/20091Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Bucculatrix thoracellaStrines, New MillsSJ98T200817/09/20081Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data
Bucculatrix thoracellaBroomfield Hall, Morley, DerbySK34V200103/11/20011Larval Minevc57_danes_bc_data

 
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