Bucculatrix absinthii

Description

Bucculatrix absinthii is a moth in the Bucculatricidae family. It is found in Europe, from Scandinavia to France and Italy and from Germany to Romania. The wingspan is 8–9 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September in two generations per year. The larvae feed on Artemisia absinthium. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a fine corridor with a central frass line. Later, the larva lives freely, creating feeding holes in the leaf near the margin, causing fleck mines. Pupation takes place in a white or yellowish-white, spindle-shaped cocoon. Larvae can be found from April to May and in July. The species probably overwinters as an egg or young larva.