Bucculatrix alpina Frey, 1870

mine

Not described, probably not much different from the mine of B. nigricomella.

host plants

Asteraceae, oligophagous

Leucanthemum pallens; Staehelina dubia.

phenology

Larvae in February, March (Hering, 1957a).

distribution within Europe

Southern France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy (Fauna Europaea, 2010), Iberia (Z & A Laštůvka, 2009b).

synonyms

Bucculatrix leucanthemella Constant, 1895.

references

Burmann (1991a), Hering (1957a), Laštůvka & Laštůvka (2009b), Mey (1999a), Triberti (1980b).