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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))

Section I (aster gallmakers and stemborers)

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Bucculatrix cuneigera, 0499 - Bucculatrix cuneigera White micr moth - Bucculatrix solidaginiella White micr moth - Bucculatrix solidaginiella Bucculatrix cuneigera Bucculatrix solidaginiella Bucculatricidae, lateral - Bucculatrix simulans Bucculatrix solidaginiella Pennsylvania Moth for ID - Bucculatrix cuneigera
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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)
Numbers
16 spp., all in North America (1)
Food
All known host plants are in Asteraceae, with the exception of one species said to have been reared from juniper (1).
Remarks
Species in this group either form galls and feed within them throughout larval life, or are leafminers in the earlier instars and stem borers in later instars (1).
Print References
Braun, 1963: 37-58. (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 - 10:10am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 25 March, 2019 - 11:02am

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