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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 II (aster and mint leafminers) (Bucculatrix Section II (aster and mint leafminers)) » Bucculatrix sexnotata - Hodges#0529 (Bucculatrix sexnotata)
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Tiny spotted mothlet - Bucculatrix sexnotata
Copyright © 2012 Christopher Adam

Tiny spotted mothlet - Bucculatrix sexnotata
Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada
July 16, 2009
Size: 4-5mm
I just replaced the 2 original images with these cropped ones. Unfortunately, in doing so I lost Bob Patterson's comment about it being a probable Bucculatrix.

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Contributed by Christopher Adam on 11 April, 2012 - 11:04am
Last updated 7 September, 2015 - 9:18pm

Moved
Moved from Bucculatrix.
… Charley Eiseman, 7 September, 2015 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

 
MPG
I'm pretty sure you are right but that infers that Powell & Opler are in error. I read both Braun's 1927 and 1963 descriptions (links added to Info page) as well as Moths of Western North America p. 57. Powell & Opler say that the specimen they have fed on sunflower and the resemblance to B. sexnotata may be superficial. I'm wondering if they just got the species confused in that the sample of B. sexnotata to which they were comparing their sample was actually something else. Is this your read on it? If so, I would contact MPG to let them know that the image and info including range are in error.
… Steve Nanz, 8 September, 2015 - 5:00am login or register to post comments

 
Powell & Opler in error
Yes, they goofed somehow. That moth clearly bears no resemblance to the original description, which is summarized on Wikipedia.
… Charley Eiseman, 8 September, 2015 - 5:07am login or register to post comments

Bucculatrix sexnotata???
This is odd. All the BOLD images of Bucculatrix sexnotata, which can be found here, look just like yours. However, the one image of that species at MPG, which is totally different, is from Jerry Powell. I checked his book and there is no description given. Although I would usually assume BOLD would be more likely to make an error, I'm wondering if they have it right on this one.
… Steve Nanz, 11 August, 2013 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

replacing photos
Chris, when replacing photos please click Edit under the photo you already posted and then the image selection to add the new photo that will replace the original. This will replace the photo and keep all the original notes.
Information about photos can be found in the guide here.
Thanks
… Maury J. Heiman, 11 April, 2012 - 11:17am login or register to post comments

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