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Species Bucculatrix inusitata - Hodges#0496

Bucculatrix inusitata, 0496 - Bucculatrix inusitata Bucculatrix inusitata, 0496 - Bucculatrix inusitata
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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 inusitata (Bucculatrix inusitata - Hodges#0496)
Hodges Number
0496
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Bucculatrix inusitata Braun, 1963 (1)
Size
Braun (1963) listed the wingspan 9.5–10 mm. (1)
Identification
Braun (1963) original description is available online. (1)
Range
Moth Photographers Group - map with some data points. (2)
Holotype from Hull, Quebec (3-vi-1955). (1)
Food
The larval host is Juniperus species.
Print References
Braun, A., 1963. The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico. (Microlepidoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. 18: 52; figs. 76, 76a, 76b, 76c, 77, 77a.(1)