Bucculatrix quinquenotella

Bucculatrix quinquenotella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Bucculatricidae
Genus:	Bucculatrix
Species:	B. quinquenotella
Binomial name
	Bucculatrix quinquenotella; Chambers, 1875

Bucculatrix quinquenotella is a species of moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, including Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, Iowa, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Washington D.C., New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia. It was described in 1875 by Vactor Tousey Chambers.

The wingspan is 7–8 mm. The forewings are pale ocherous to dark brownish ocherous, with brilliant silvery marks. The hindwings are pale brownish or reddish ocherous to dark fuscous.^[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on Ampelopsis species.^[3]

References[]

^ mothphotographersgroup
^ The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera)
^ "Exotic, Invasive and Problem Plants". Archived from the original on 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2011-10-31.

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[1] thphotographersgroup

[2] The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera)

[3] "Exotic, Invasive and Problem Plants". Archived from the original on 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2011-10-31.

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