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Bucculatrix longula - Hodges#0489 (Bucculatrix longula)
Species
Bucculatrix longula
- Hodges#0489
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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
longula
(Bucculatrix longula - Hodges#0489)
Hodges Number
0489
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Bucculatrix longula
Braun, 1963
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1
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Numbers
The genus
Bucculatrix
includes more than 100 named species in America north of Mexico.
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2
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Size
Forewing length 5-5.5 mm.
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2
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Identification
The original description is available in PDF or view online in the print references below.
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Range
Possibly restricted to western North America.
Scattered records from eastern California, Utah, Washington, and Texas.
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3
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,
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2
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Moth Photographers Group
- large map with some distribution data.
Food
Larvae have been reared on
Helianthus annuus
L. (sunflower).
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2
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Life Cycle
The larvae are a gall-causing species, and the group is known as "ribbed cocoon makers". The cocoons have lengthwise ribs.
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2
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See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of
Moth Photographers Group
.
Print References
Braun, A. 1963. The genus
Bucculatrix
in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera).
American Entomological Society
18:
45
.
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1
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Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009.
Moths of Western North America
. University of California Press. pl. 4.1, p. 57.
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2
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Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
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4
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University of California, Berkeley
Works Cited
1.
The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera)
Annette F. Braun. 1963. American Entomological Society 18: 1-208.
2.
Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.
Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
4.
North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by
Maury J. Heiman
on 30 January, 2013 - 1:37pm
Last updated 20 November, 2013 - 5:04pm