Bucculatrix cristatella

    Yarrow Tuft

    BucculatricidaeABH 14.001 B&F 265

    Rare, but probably under-recorded; associated with yarrow, and searches for the mines or cocoons on the larval host plant may produce more records.  Frome (2020) and Berrow (1987).

    Adult Verification Grade: 2

    Mine Verification Grade: L

    Crested Bent-wing (Bucculatrix cristatella) photographed in Somerset by Jenny Vickers
    Crested Bent-wing (Bucculatrix cristatella) photographed in Somerset by Jenny Vickers