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Bucculatrix ambrosiaefoliella - Hodges#0518 (Bucculatrix ambrosiaefoliella)
Photo#465054
Copyright © 2010
Mark Dreiling
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Bucculatrix ambrosiaefoliella
Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma, USA
October 14, 2010
Found at UV light near pond in wooded area of a flood plain
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Contributed by
Mark Dreiling
on 15 October, 2010 - 6:55am
Last updated 22 February, 2019 - 8:32pm
Bucculatrix ambrosiaefoliella
The species name for the BugGuide page was spelled
ambrosiaefoliae
following the spelling at BOLD. I found no species with that name. Based on the descriptions by Braun, 1963:
83
(
1
)
and Chambers, 1875:
119
.
(
2
)
, I am assuming that this is
Bucculatrix ambrosiaefoliella
Chambers, 1875 and have corrected the species page. I will notify BOLD of the potential error.
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Steve Nanz
, 25 March, 2019 - 11:18am
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Moved
Moved from
Bucculatrix
.
Wonderful addition.
BOLD has mirror image. Please correct the wrong one.
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Edward L. Ruden
, 22 February, 2019 - 8:32pm
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Unnecessary
All live photos on MPG face to the right. This one was presumably flipped that way so it could be used on that site. Although I personally never alter the orientation of photos I post to BugGuide, I see no reason to insist that other people refrain from flipping them.
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Charley Eiseman
, 22 February, 2019 - 8:46pm
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Sigh ....
Is there in truth no beauty?
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Edward L. Ruden
, 22 February, 2019 - 8:59pm
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Well okay, there's a reason...
the problem is that the practice is so widespread that we should just assume the apparent orientation can never be trusted.
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Charley Eiseman
, 22 February, 2019 - 9:08pm
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Orientation
I have been posing the captured moths in a lightbox. Photos are taken of each side and the best shot aligned to the right as instructed long ago by Bob Patterson. BOLD prefers them facing to the left.
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Mark Dreiling
, 23 February, 2019 - 7:13am
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Inversion
Did Bob explicitly say it was OK to
invert
the image?
The issue is not one of "orientation" or "alignment", but inversion. The BOLD image is an inverted (mirror) image relative to the BG one, as indicated by the scratch pattern on the substrate. Inverted images, IMO, should be identified as such, at least. Not all insects are perfectly symmetrical, especially in regard to mouthparts, genitalia, and wing fold patterns. It might cause confusion and even undue excitement in such cases.
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Edward L. Ruden
, 23 February, 2019 - 11:38am
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Bucculatrix ambrosiaefoliae
Now identified at BOLD as Bucculatrix ambrosiaefoliae
0518 – Bucculatrix ambrosiaefoliella ??
The specimen is shown at
BOLD:ABA1129
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Mark Dreiling
, 21 February, 2019 - 8:00am
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Moved
Moved from
Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moths
.
Bucculatrix
is the only genus in this family.
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Charley Eiseman
, 10 December, 2014 - 7:27pm
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Moved
Moved from
Bucculatrix
.
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Mark Dreiling
, 19 May, 2012 - 9:18pm
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DNA results
DNA barcoding supports this at the Bucculatricidae level, BOLD LPOKE385-11
This specimen is shown here:
BOLD:ABA1129
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Mark Dreiling
, 19 May, 2012 - 9:17pm
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Moved
Moved from
Oak Skeletonizer Moth
.
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Randy Hardy
, 23 May, 2011 - 1:05pm
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Review of Bucculatrix ainsliella
Terry Harrison conducted an expert review of
Bucculatrix ainsliella
images on BugGuide at Bob Patterson's request. Terry's determination is that all current BG photos of this species should remain at genus level. Species level identification of
B. ainsliella
, as well as other
Bucculatrix
, is nearly impossible from photos alone. Dissection and/or DNA is needed.
Terry also concluded that this moth and the moths shown below are possibly related and represent an undetermined
Bucculatrix
species.
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Randy Hardy
, 23 May, 2011 - 1:04pm
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