Bucculatrix cantabricella is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Pierre Chrétien in 1898. It is found in the western and central Mediterranean region, east to Slovakia and North Macedonia.[1]

Bucculatrix cantabricella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Bucculatricidae
Genus:	Bucculatrix
Species:	B. cantabricella
Binomial name
Bucculatrix cantabricella Chrétien, 1898

The wingspan is 7–8 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Convolvulus cantabrica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found in June. The species probably overwinters in the pupal stage.[3]

References

• Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum

External links

• Images representing Bucculatrix cantabricella at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

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