Genus Bucculatrix

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Remarks · Works Cited

Unid Leafminer Dsl2 - Bucculatrix angustata

Unid Leafminer Gsp1 - Bucculatrix angustata

Pelham road leaf miner on Ulmus alata D845 2017 2 - Bucculatrix

Laurinburg leaf miner on Hieracium gronovii SA1607 2019 4 - 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

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ceroclastis Zeller 1848

Explanation of Names

Bucculatrix Zeller 1839

Numbers

>100 named species in our area(1)

Identification

Genus-level sight-ID characters include the forewing coloration of golden-brown ground color with a few whitish dashes around the edges, the tufted head, and--especially--the patch of raised black scales on the hind margin of the forewing. A raised black patch in that position on the forewing is never present in lithocolletine gracillariids, nor in any other microlep of similar size, head vestiture, and coloration, that I can think of. The patch sometimes becomes partially or completely worn away in older individuals of Bucculatrix, and that could render sight diagnosis somewhat problematic. Unfortunately, there is no illustrated sight-ID guide for North American Bucculatrix. The only comprehensive work on our fauna (citation below) offers genitalia drawings and detailed written descriptions, but not moth/wing illustrations, for all of the species. (from a comment by Terry Harrison)

Remarks

Species organized into sections following (2)

Works Cited

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

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

Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 18 March, 2005 - 6:46am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, JohnMaxwell22, v belov, Edward Ruden, Randy Hardy
Last updated 30 October, 2023 - 1:15pm

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