Bucculatrix exedra

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Bucculatrix exedra
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. exedra
Binomial name
Bucculatrix exedra
Meyrick, 1915

Bucculatrix exedra is a species of moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu) and India. It was first described in 1915 by Edward Meyrick.

The wingspan is about 8 mm.

The larvae feed on Firmiana platanifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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