Bucculatricidae

14.001 Yarrow Tuft Bucculatrix cristatella (Zeller, 1839)

Notable B

Similar species:

Forewing: 3 to 3.5mm

Habitats: Downland, dry pasture, verges, embankments and wasteland.

Habits:

Foodplant: At first the larva forms a gallery mine following the leaf margin of a Yarrow leaf. Later it feeds externally on the leafs upper surfaces. Bitten leaf edges turn brown. If disturbed the larva will drop to the ground. It pupates in a white corrugated cocoon on the foodplant or adjacent vegetation.