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Bucculatrix cristatella Zeller, 1839

A rare species in Belgium.

The young larva mines the leaf of Achillea millefolium . It pupates in a white ribbed cocoon.

The adults fly in two generations a year  during May and June and again from July towards August.


Belgium, Limburg, Zutendaal, 12 August 2011.
reared from cocoon on Achillea millefolium found on 06 August
(Photo © Chris Snyers)
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