Bucculatrix albella Stainton, 1867

Paliurus spina-christi, Palestine; from Amsel &a Hering (1931a)
mine
The mine begins at an oval, iridescent egg shell. Then a corridor, tortuous at first, straight in the end, till the larval chamber almost filled with frass. Often several mines in a leaf. Older larvae live free on the leaf.
host plants
Rhamnaceae, monofaag
Paliurus spina-christi.
phenology
Larvae in February – March (Hering, 1957a).
distribution within Europe
Southern France, Italy, Balkan Peninsula (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
synonyms
Bucculatrix paliuricola Kuznetzov, 1960; B. turatii (Standfuß, 1887).
references
Amsel & Hering (1931a), Hering (1957a), Klimesch (1940a, 1942a), Maček (1999a).
Last modified 11.i.2022