Bucculatrix dominatrix

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Bucculatrix dominatrix
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. dominatrix
Binomial name
Bucculatrix dominatrix
Rubinoff & Osborne, 1997[1]

Bucculatrix dominatrix is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from coastal central California. It was described in 1997 by Daniel Z. Rubinoff and Kendall H. Osborne.

The length of the forewings is 4-6.1 mm. The forewings are mottled brown with a longitudinal white streak. The hindwings are Pale grey. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to June.

The larvae feed on Baccharis pilularis.[2]

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