Bucculatrix absinthii is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was first described by Anton Gartner in 1865. It is found in Europe, from Scandinavia to France and Italy and from Germany to Romania.[1]
The wingspan is 8–9 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September in two generations per year.[2]
The larvae feed on Artemisia absinthium. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a fine corridor with a central frass line. Later, the larva lives freely, creating feeding holes in the leaf near the margin, causing fleck mines. Pupation takes place in a white or yellowish-white, spindle-shaped cocoon. Larvae can be found from April to May and in July. The species probably overwinters as an egg or young larva.[3]
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