Hello, from Steve Garten and welcome to my weird and wonderful world of moths.
I’m amateur Lepidopterist, I trap and record moth species on my six acre wildlife meadow at Tibenham Norfolk, UK.
The list of moths listed in this Micro-moths blog and the Macro Moths blog are the species I have recorded since 2015.
Birch Bent-wing - Bucculatrix demaryella
A micro moth species from the family of Bucculatricidae
The moth has a wingspan of 9mm.
It is distributed across much of the British Isles, though somewhat overlooked and difficult to find, particularly as an adult.
The species inhabits Open woodland, heaths, moors and bogs.
The larva initially forms a gallery on the underside of a leaf of birch (Betula),
and occasionally hazel (Corylus) or sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa).
Later it feeds on the epidermis, creating windows on the leaf. Like other Bucculatrix species,
it pupates in a pale, ribbed cocoon.
There is a single generation, with adult moths at large in May and June, and larvae feeding during August.
The moth is classified as a local species in the UK.