Bucculatrix locuples

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Bucculatrix locuples
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. locuples
Binomial name
Bucculatrix locuples

Bucculatrix locuples is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described in 1919 by Edward Meyrick. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Kentucky, Quebec and Ohio.

They mine the leaves of their host plant. The larvae feed on . Pupation takes place in a bright brown to almost black, hairy cocoon, which is spun on a twig.[2]

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