Bucculatrix splendida
Bucculatrix splendida | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Bucculatricidae |
Genus: | Bucculatrix |
Species: | B. splendida
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Binomial name | |
Bucculatrix splendida Seksjaeva, 1992
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Bucculatrix splendida is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Svetlana Seksjaeva in 1992. It is found in Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu) and the Russian Far East.[1]
The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are fuscous brown and the hindwings are grey.
The larvae feed on Artemisia princeps. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The young larvae form a linear mine. Older larvae feed externally, peeling away and rolling up the lower epidermis, eating irregular patches of leaf tissue. Pupation takes place in a white cocoon.
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Categories:
- Bucculatricidae
- Moths described in 1992
- Moths of Japan
- Moths of Asia
- Gracillarioidea stubs