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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillarioidea) » Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moths (Bucculatricidae) » Bucculatrix » Section IV (oak and birch family leafminers) (Bucculatrix Section IV (oak and birch family leafminers))

Section IV (oak and birch family leafminers)

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Oak Skeletonizer Moth - Bucculatrix ainsliella Bucculatrix on Quercus rubra - Bucculatrix ainsliella Lake Johnson leaf miner on Quercus rubra maybe D218 Bucculatrix maybe 2015 2 - Bucculatrix St. Andrews leaf miner on Quercus laevis SA1454 Bucculatrix 2018 2 - Bucculatrix ochrisuffusa Lake Aberdeen leaf miner on Alnus serrulata D2499 2020 4 - Bucculatrix locuples Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D2465 adult 2020 5 - Bucculatrix St. Andrews leaf miner on Quercus virginiana SA1913 2020 3 - Bucculatrix Bucculatrix - female
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gracillarioidea (Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)
Family Bucculatricidae (Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moths)
Genus Bucculatrix
No Taxon Section IV (oak and birch family leafminers)
Numbers
25 species in North America (1).
Food
Host plants are mostly in Fagales (Alnus, Betula, Corylus, Quercus). The only known exceptions are B. eclecta on elm (Ulmaceae: Ulmus) and B. improvisa on basswood (Malvaceae: Tilia) (1).
Print References
Braun, 1963: 128-171. (1)
Works Cited
1.The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera)
Annette F. Braun. 1963. American Entomological Society 18: 1-208.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 28 January, 2016 - 10:32am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 25 March, 2019 - 10:58am

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