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

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

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Monthly Records By Year: Bucculatrix thoracella
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Monthly Counts By Year: Bucculatrix thoracella

Recordings By Year: Bucculatrix thoracella

Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Bucculatrix thoracella
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2024

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Bucculatrix thoracella

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Bucculatrix thoracella

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

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 – 11 records available

Listed by Year - descending

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

 
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