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Bucculatrix recognita

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Species of moth in genus Bucculatrix

Bucculatrix recognita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species: B. recognita
Binomial name
Bucculatrix recognita
Braun, 1963

Bucculatrix recognita is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1963 and is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Ontario, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., North Carolina and South Carolina.

The wingspan is 6–7.5 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from August to October.

The larvae feed on Quercus macrocarpa. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Bucculatrix recognita


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