Bucculatrix myricae Ragonot, 1879
mine
Gallery, forming a dense spiral; only towards the end the gallery comes loose and continues free for a short distance. Much blackish frass. The older larvae live free and cause upper-surface window feeding.
hostplants
Myricaceae, monophagous
phenology
Larvae in July (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2012).
distribution within Europe
France, Spain, Portugal, and Romania (Fauna Europaea, 2012).
references
Hering (1957a).