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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 II (aster and mint leafminers) (Bucculatrix Section II (aster and mint leafminers)) » Bucculatrix speciosa - Hodges#0527 (Bucculatrix speciosa)

Species Bucculatrix speciosa - Hodges#0527

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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))
Species speciosa (Bucculatrix speciosa - Hodges#0527)
Hodges Number
0527
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Bucculatrix speciosa Braun, 1963
Identification
See Braun (1963) (1)
Range
Type locality: WV (1)
Food
Larvae are a leaf miner of Solidago sp. (1)
Print References
Braun, 1963. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 18: 97; 8, figs. 46, 46a-c (leaf mines); pl 25, figs. 136, 136a (female genitalia). (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
Works Cited
1.The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera)
Annette F. Braun. 1963. American Entomological Society 18: 1-208.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 22 January, 2018 - 6:15am

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