Bucculatricidae ABH 14.003 B&F 267   *   Bucculatrix maritima Nationally Scarce B. Wingspan: 8-9mm Season: Two generations, June-August Habitat: Coastal salt-marshes Larvae mine the leaves of Sea aster (Aster tripolium) Mine: April-May and July-August Egg is laid on underside of leaf. The initial upper or lower surface corridor with central frass is followed by several shorter, full-depth mines.

Bucculatrix maritima
Adult Studland Heath, Dorset. June 2013. Leaf mines on Aster tripolium August 2011, October 2016