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Section II (aster and mint leafminers)

Bucculatrix angustata, 0522 - Bucculatrix angustata Bucculatrix from Ambrosia psilostachya - Bucculatrix sororcula Leafminer, aster - Bucculatrix Bucculatrix on Helianthella uniflora - Bucculatrix St. Andrews leaf miner on Eupatorium capillifolium SA1613 2019 4 - Bucculatrix St. Andrews leaf miner on Eupatorium capillifolium SA1672 Bucculatrix 2019 7 - Bucculatrix Hyde County leaf miner on Iva frutescens D3095 2021 5 - Bucculatrix Pennsylvania Moth - Bucculatrix angustata
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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 II (aster and mint leafminers)
Numbers
Braun (1963) recognized 48 North American species in this group (1); an addition 4 species have been described since then (see print references below).
Food
As far as is known, all species have hosts in Asteraceae, with the exception of two reported from Lamiaceae (1) and one from Colubrina texensis (Rhamnaceae) (Blanchard & Knudson 1985).
Remarks
Nearly half the North American species are in this group (1).
Print References
Blanchard, André and Edward C. Knudson. 1985. A new species of Bucculatrix Zeller (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae) from Texas. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 87(2):371-374.
Braun, 1963: 58-126. (1)
Deschka, Gerfried. 1992. Bucculatrix frigida sp. nov. aus der borealen Nearktis. Entomofauna 13(33):545-556.
Rubinoff, Daniel Z. and Kendall H. Osborne. 1997. Two new species of Asteraceae-feeding Bucculatrix (Bucculatricidae) from California. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 51(3):227-236.
Works Cited
1.The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera)
Annette F. Braun. 1963. American Entomological Society 18: 1-208.