Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
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 VIII (mallow leafminers) (Bucculatrix Section VIII (mallow leafminers)) » Bucculatrix quadrigemina - Hodges#0579 (Bucculatrix quadrigemina)

Species Bucculatrix quadrigemina - Hodges#0579

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth for ID - Bucculatrix quadrigemina Bucculatrix - Bucculatrix quadrigemina Leaf mine on Island Mallow [Lavatera (=Malva) assurgentiflora] - Bucculatrix quadrigemina Bucculatrix quadrigemina Bucculatrix quadrigemina
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both
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 VIII (mallow leafminers))
Species quadrigemina (Bucculatrix quadrigemina - Hodges#0579)
Hodges Number
0579
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Bucculatrix quadrigemina Braun, 1918 (1)
Size
Forewing length 3-5.5 mm. (2)
Identification
Range
California. (3), (4)
Season
Adults are most common from January to June; October. (4)
Food
Larval hosts include: (2)
Alcea L. (hollyhock)
Lavatera L. (mallow)
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Braun, A.F., 1918. New genera and species Lyonetiidae (Microlepidoptera). Entomological News, and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 29(7): 247. (1)
Braun, A.F., 1963. The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. 18: 180. (5)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl. 4, fig. 13; p. 58. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (6)
Works Cited
1.New genera and species of Lyonetiidae (Microlepidoptera)
Annette F. Braun. 1918. Entomological News Philadelphia 29: 245-251.
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
5.The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera)
Annette F. Braun. 1963. American Entomological Society 18: 1-208.
6.Butterflies of North America
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 1 May, 2013 - 11:58am
Last updated 30 September, 2014 - 4:33pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact