14.012 BF275  -  Bucculatricidae - Bucculatrix bechsteinella - Hawthorn Tuft - (Bechstein & Scharfenberg, 1805) 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: Hawthorn Bent-wing; Bucculatrix crataegi ID Difficulty:  amber  - care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely - quality photographs required.
Confusion Species:  Bucculatrix ulmella
ID pointers: The head is pale fuscous, mixed in middle with blackish. Forewings are brownish-whitish, covered in small spots of dark fuscous; a more or less distinct dark streak along fold from base to near middle, often incomplete; three oblique costal spots between 1/3 and apex, and a median dorsal spot gradually spread dark fuscous: second discal stigma forming a short blackish dash. Hind-wings are grey.
Distribution:  (Last record: 1987 at Repton; Edale )  -  two records 1987 from Repton & Edale – reported as fairly common – No records since
Flight Period: May /  June /  -  Found in wooded areas Mine Period: July /  August /   - A short contorted gallery mine on food plants Moth Activity: Cathemeral  Photographed: No -  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 26 February 2025 by TD ***
Wingspan: 7-9mm
Food Plant: Hawthorn, Rowan, Apple, Pear, Cononeaster.
Last Recorded Year: 1987
Last Recorded By: Not Recorded
Last Recorded General Area: Repton; Edale
No First Date Information Recorded

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