Bucculatrix santolinella is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham in 1898. It is found in southern France and Spain and on Corsica and Sardinia.[1]
Bucculatrix santolinella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Bucculatricidae |
Genus: | Bucculatrix |
Species: | B. santolinella
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Binomial name | |
Bucculatrix santolinella Walsingham, 1898
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The wingspan is about 8 mm.[2]
The larvae feed on Santolina species.>
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