14.013 BF276  –  Bucculatricidae – Bucculatrix demaryella – Birch Tuft – (Duponchel, 1840) 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: Birch Bent-wing
ID Difficulty:  amber  – care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely – quality photographs required.
Confusion Species:  Bucculatrix ulmella (Oak Tuft)
ID pointers: The adult moth is difficult to find – The forewings are brownish-whitish, speckled with dark fuscous; two pairs of oblique whitish costal and dorsal streaks before middle and at 3/4, intermediate space dark fuscous towards costa. Hind-wings are grey.The head is whitish, mixed in middle with dark fuscous.
Distribution:  (Last record: 29 August 2025 at Torside Clough )  –  Only 3 records prior to 2010 – No further reports – Leaf Mines discovered at Wyver Lane, Belper on 12/8/2025 and at Torside Clough, Glossop 29/8/2025
General Comment: None
Flight Period: May /  June –  One generation per year Mine Period:  August
Mine Period Additional: An initial gallery mine on the underside of a leaf (Birch, Hazel, Sweet Chestnut) It follows a vein until turning off at right angles
Mine ID Difficulty: Not Recorded
Mine Type/s: Not Recorded
Mine Feeding Method/s: Not Recorded
Mine Comment: None.
Moth Activity: Cathemeral  Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Dave Evans, Christian Heintzen (Leaf Mine)  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 2 October 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 8-9mm
Food Plant: Birch, Hazel, Sweet Chestnut
Last Recorded Year: 2025
Last Recorded By – Christian Heintzen
Last Recorded General Area – Torside Clough

Selected Images:  

Wyver Lane 12th August 2025 – Dave Evans©./ Torside Clough August 2025 – Christian Heintzen©



Distribution Map for Bucculatrix demaryella

Found 1 records
    ↳ 1 from After 2025
    ↳ 0 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 0 from Before 2020
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Bucculatrix demaryella

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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 demaryella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
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Monthly Counts By Year: Bucculatrix demaryella
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )


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

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Recordings By Year: Bucculatrix demaryella
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Bucculatrix demaryella
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%
Bucculatrix demaryella
Insufficient records/data for an AGR analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025
Bucculatrix demaryella
Insufficient records/data for a CUSUM analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025

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

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Bucculatrix demaryella
( 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 demaryella
( 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 demaryella – 1 records available

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

Site NameTetradDateCountStageSource
DWT Wyver LaneSK34P13/08/20252mine (empty)vc57_irecords_extract

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