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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 I (aster gallmakers and stemborers) (Bucculatrix Section I (aster gallmakers and stemborers)) » Bucculatrix longula - Hodges#0489 (Bucculatrix longula)

Species Bucculatrix longula - Hodges#0489

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Bucculatrix longula - Hodges #0489 - Bucculatrix longula

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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 I (aster gallmakers and stemborers))

Species longula (Bucculatrix longula - Hodges#0489)

Hodges Number

0489

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Bucculatrix longula Braun, 1963 (1)

Numbers

The genus Bucculatrix includes more than 100 named species in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Forewing length 5-5.5 mm.(2)

Identification

The original description is available in PDF or view online in the print references below. (1)

Range

Possibly restricted to western North America.

Scattered records from eastern California, Utah, Washington, and Texas. (3), (2)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Food

Larvae have been reared on Helianthus annuus L. (sunflower). (2)

Life Cycle

The larvae are a gall-causing species, and the group is known as "ribbed cocoon makers". The cocoons have lengthwise ribs. (2)

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Braun, A. 1963. The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera). American Entomological Society 18: 45. (1)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl. 4.1, p. 57.(2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

University of California, Berkeley

Works Cited

1.	The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera) Annette F. Braun. 1963. American Entomological Society 18: 1-208.

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 30 January, 2013 - 1:37pm
Last updated 20 November, 2013 - 5:04pm

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