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Section I or II (unknown Asteraceae feeders)

Unid Leafminer WPsr2 - Bucculatrix Unid Leafminer WPsr2 - Bucculatrix Unid Leafminer WPsr2 - Bucculatrix Unid Leafminer WPsr4 - Bucculatrix Unid Leafminer WPsr4 - Bucculatrix Coccoon on broom baccharis - Bucculatrix Coccoon on broom baccharis - Bucculatrix Unknown - Bucculatrix
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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 or II (unknown Asteraceae feeders)
Remarks
Bucculatrix cuneigera and possibly other species in group I are leafminers in the fall, overwintering in a cocoon at the end of the mine, and then continuing to feed as shoot borers in the spring. Therefore, mines on Asteraceae that contain larvae in the fall cannot be said with certainty to be the work of species in group II, which may either complete development as leafminers or (more often) exit their mines in the third instar to feed on the leaf surface.
Print References
Braun, 1963: 37-58 (Section I), 58-126 (Section II). (1)
Works Cited
1.The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera)
Annette F. Braun. 1963. American Entomological Society 18: 1-208.