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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
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Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth - Bucculatrix
Copyright © 2010 Ross Hill

Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moth - Bucculatrix
Medford, Jackson County, Oregon, USA
July 27, 2010
Size: 4mm
Attracted to light.
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Contributed by Ross Hill on 8 September, 2010 - 10:43pm
Last updated 1 May, 2021 - 12:51am

Moved
Moved from Nepticulidae. Makes sense. Thanks, Terry.
… Ross Hill, 4 January, 2011 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

Bucculatrix
This is something in the genus Bucculatrix (Bucculatricidae). You're right in noting that it has some structural similarities to Nepticulidae, but no nepticulid sp. has a raised patch of scales on the forewing, or the marking pattern and reddish-brown ground color seen in this moth (most nepticulids are blackish, often with one or more white or metallic transverse fasciae on the forewing; a few spp. are uniformly pale with a dusting of dark brown scales).

Sight ID of your moth to species is rendered problematic by the fact that there are a number of oak-feeding Bucculatrix spp. that have the same basic color and marking scheme that is seen in the moth in your photo. The only way that I am able to differentiate them is by dissection.
… Terry Harrison, 31 December, 2010 - 4:29am login or register to post comments

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