14.013 BF276 - Bucculatricidae - Bucculatrix demaryella - Birch Tuft

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 –

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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: Only 3 records prior to 2010 – No further reports

Flight Period: May / June / – One generation per year

Mine Period: August / – An initial gallery mine on the underside of a leaf (Birch, Hazel, Sweet Chestnut) It follows a vein until turning off at right angles

Moth Activity: Cathemeral

Photographed: No – Photographed By: Not Recorded

*** Last updated on 6 May 2025 by RP ***

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Wingspan: 8-9mm

Food Plant: Birch, Hazel, Sweet Chestnut

Last Recorded By – Not Recorded

Last Recorded General Area – Not Recorded

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Distribution Map for Bucculatrix demaryella

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Monthly Records By Year: Bucculatrix demaryella

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Monthly Counts By Year: Bucculatrix demaryella

Recordings By Year: Bucculatrix demaryella

Bucculatrix demaryella

Insufficient records/data for a trend analysis

Years Analysed: 2000 – 2024

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Bucculatrix demaryella

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Bucculatrix demaryella

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

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 – 0 records available

Listed by Year - descending

No records found for Bucculatrix demaryella.