Bucculatrix serratella
| Bucculatrix serratella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. serratella
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| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix serratella Kobayashi, Hirowatari & Kuroko, 2010
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Bucculatrix serratella is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by KShigeki Kobayashi, Toshiya Hirowatari and Hiroshi Kuroko in 2010. It is found in Japan (Honshu).
The wingspan is 5–6 mm. The forewings are ocherous white with brownish ocherous patches. The hindwings are grey.
The larvae feed on . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The young larvae form a linear mine. Pupation takes place in a whitish to ocherous cocoon, which is spun on the surface of a leaf along a vein or on the leaf stalk.
Etymology[]
The species name is derived from the name of the host plant.[1]
References[]
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- Bucculatricidae
- Moths described in 2010
- Moths of Japan
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