The Moths of Suffolk - 274 Bucculatrix ulmella, Zeller, 1839

274 Bucculatrix ulmella, Zeller, 1839

National Status : Common

Local Status : Resident (SMP Status 3)

Distribution and abundance : Widespread and abundant

Flight Period : Double-brooded; late April to June and August

Larval foodplants : Deciduous oak (Quercus)

Morley's Final Catalogue : A frequent oak-kind. Bentley Woods on only 30 May 1896 (Pyett); Ipswich in 1934 (Whit.); Henstead and Mildenhall in early June 1935 (Mly).

Wingspan details : Wingspan 7-8mm

Identification

Confusion species
	Adult	Bucculatrix thoracella
		Bucculatrix bechsteinella

Compare confusion species
	Adult

See Also :

Eye, Suffolk (4.viii.2008) © Paul Kitchener

Mildenhall, Suffolk (9.ix.2009) © A Prichard

Ten kilometre distribution map

Flight chart
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Leaf-mine occurrence
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Life history chart

Further Photographs


Cocoon on oak leaf - Thornam Magna, Suffolk (7.viii.2005) © A Prichard	Larva on oak - Wortham Ling, Suffolk (24.ix.2005) © A Prichard	Eye, Suffolk (31.v.2009) © Paul Kitchener


Ipswich, Suffolk (5.viii.2009) © A Prichard	Mildenhall, Suffolk (9.ix.2009) © A Prichard	Mildenhall, Suffolk (9.ix.2009) © A Prichard


Mildenhall, Suffolk (9.ix.2009) © A Prichard	Mildenhall, Suffolk (9.ix.2009) © A Prichard	Mildenhall, Suffolk (9.ix.2009) © A Prichard


(First site record) - Woolpit, Suffolk (9.viii.2015) © Paul Bryant