Bucculatricidae

14.011 Surrey Elm Tuft Bucculatrix ulmifoliae Hering, 1931

Adventive Colonist

Similar species:

Forewing: 4 to 4.5mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland and parkland.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva forms a gallery mine between the midrib and a vein of an elm leaf which it follows before turning away to form a short right-angle. It later feeds externally on the underside of the leaf. It pupates in a dark grey-brown, corrugated cocoon on the upperside of a leaf, the underside of a leaf alongside the midrib or a vein or on the trunk.