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Bucculatrix speciosa - Hodges#0527 (Bucculatrix speciosa)
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Copyright © 2014
Ilona L.
moth -
Bucculatrix speciosa
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
May 15, 2011
Size: ~4mm
Gracillariidae family?
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Contributed by
Ilona L.
on 8 March, 2014 - 9:56pm
Last updated 5 February, 2018 - 2:09pm
Moved to Bucculatrix speciosa
Moved from
Bucculatrix
.
Tentative ID.
…
Steve Nanz
, 5 February, 2018 - 2:09pm
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Moved
Moved from
Moths
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Ilona L.
, 12 March, 2014 - 3:14pm
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Bucculatrix
This is something in
Bucculatrix
(Bucculatricidae). Possibilities include
locuples
,
callistricha
, and
sexnotata
, but
Braun's (1963)
descriptions of those three spp. don't really match this moth.
…
Terry Harrison
, 12 March, 2014 - 2:57pm
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Bucculatrix speciosa?
This matches Braun's description
here
somewhat well as well as Jim Vargo's
specimen
at MPG. Ilona's other image
here
looks nearly perfect.
I would add the species page but do not know where to place it. Braun notes that it feeds on
Solidago
and the female genitalia and wing markings are similar to
sexnotata
.
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Steve Nanz
, 22 January, 2018 - 4:35am
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