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Species Bucculatrix ericameriae - Hodges#0504

Bucculatrix ericameriae
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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 ericameriae (Bucculatrix ericameriae - Hodges#0504)
Hodges Number
0504
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Bucculatrix ericameriae Braun, 1963 (1), (2)
Numbers
There are more than 100 species of Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico. (3)
Size
Wingspan 8 mm. (1)
Range
California. (1)
Type locality: USA: California, Placerville. (1)
Moth Photographers Group map
Food
Larval host is Ericameria arboreseus (A. Gray) Greene (1)
Print References
Braun, A, 1963. The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera) Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. No. 18, p. 64, figs. 93, 93a, 93b. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera)
Annette F. Braun. 1963. American Entomological Society 18: 1-208.
2.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 November, 2011 - 6:55pm
Last updated 24 October, 2013 - 12:40am

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