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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 enceliae - Hodges#0546 (Bucculatrix enceliae)
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brittle bush moth - Bucculatrix enceliae
Copyright © 2009 Noah Charney

brittle bush moth - Bucculatrix enceliae
Tucson, Arizona, USA
Size: ~3mm adult
I don't have the best photo of the adult (it hatched into a vial then molded a bit), but here is the cocoon, and I believe the larva was a leaf miner.

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Contributed by Noah Charney on 18 January, 2009 - 8:49pm
Last updated 19 December, 2009 - 5:19pm

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Moved from Moths. Terry Harrison identified the moth to genus, and this is the species that feeds on brittle bush (Encelia farinosa). Braun's 1963 Bucculatrix paper describes the cocoon in detail--the typical ribbed cocoon is hidden under this sheet of silk.
… Charley Eiseman, 19 December, 2009 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

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