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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 I (aster gallmakers and stemborers) (Bucculatrix Section I (aster gallmakers and stemborers)) » Bucculatrix simulans - Hodges#0490 (Bucculatrix simulans)

Species Bucculatrix simulans - Hodges#0490

Bucculatricidae, spent pupa in cocoon - Bucculatrix simulans

Bucculatricidae, lateral - Bucculatrix simulans

Bucculatricidae, dorsal - Bucculatrix simulans

Bucculatricidae, opened gall - Bucculatrix simulans

Bucculatricidae, left over larva - Bucculatrix simulans

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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 (aster gallmakers and stemborers))

Species simulans (Bucculatrix simulans - Hodges#0490)

Hodges Number

0490

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Bucculatrix simulans Braun, 1963 (1)

Bucculatrix fusicola Breyland & Schmidt, 1948 (1)

* Phylogenetic sequence #014550

Numbers

There are 103 named species of Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Wingspan 9.5-10 mm. (1)

Range

Texas to Iowa and Ohio. (1), (2)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Most records are from January through July. (2)

Food

Larval host Helianthus spp. (1)

Life Cycle

Click on an image to view the life cycle:

Print References

Braun, A. 1963. The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera) Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. No. 18, p. 47, figs. 70, 70a-71a. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Buglifecycle.

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 Charley Eiseman on 8 December, 2009 - 11:02pm
Additional contributions by Bob Patterson, Beatriz Moisset, Maury Heiman, Ron M., Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, Randy Hardy
Last updated 22 February, 2013 - 7:49pm

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