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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants Family   Bucculatricidae Sub Family   Description   a family of 'micro-moths' Background to Family   Eleven resident species in the genus Bucculatrix. Most larvae initially feed in a leaf mine, and later on the undersides of leaves. They feed on herbaceous Asteraceae and broadleaved trees and shrubs; individual species usually exploit one or several hosts within one family.     No. taxa in DBIF   12 No. interactions   28 % interactions with British data   100% No. records   28 % taxa with British data   100% Notes   Old data currently unassessed by a specialist for new species to the British list, new interactions, and errors in original sources. Nomenclature and misspellings were corrected, for records entered up to 1985, by R M Smith in 2007. New material added from Emmet, A.M., Ed. (1992) The moths and butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 7, Part 2. Harley Books, Colchester.; The Bucculatricidae was previously treated as a sub-family of the Lyonetiidae; Notes on Sources   (61%) In ed. Emmet, A.M. (1979) A field guide to the smaller British Lepidoptera 1-271:48; (7%) Emmet, A.M.(1984) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 96 130-131:131; (7%) Goater, B.(1983) Entomologist's Gaz. 34:4 247-255:253 Most recent source   1992 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.