Bucculatrix pannonica Deschka, 1982

Artemisia maritima, Austria, Burgenland, Neusiedlersee; from Deschka (1982a).
mine
The primary mine is a long narrow corridor, containing frass, following the leaf margin; primary mines are always made in shaded leaves. Secondary mines are made from the leaf margin, that is sliced open, almost always at or near the tip of a leaf segment; from here the larva mines 0.3 – 3 mm into the leaf blade.
hostplants
Asteraceae, monophagous
Artemisia scoparia, santonicum.
phenology
Bivoltine, hibernation as egg or young larva (Patočka, 1996a).
distribution within Europe
Austria, Slovakia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Mining larva yellow with dark brown head; older larvae are grey-green.
pupa
Described by Patočka (1996a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a). The pupa lies in a narrow white, ribbed cocoon, attached to the host plant.
references
Deschka (1982a), Z Laštůvka, A Laštůvka, Liška ao (1992a), Patočka (1996a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Szabóky, Tokár, Liska & Pastorális (2009a).