Bucculatrix caspica
Appearance
Bucculatrix caspica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Bucculatricidae |
Genus: | Bucculatrix |
Species: | B. caspica
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Binomial name | |
Bucculatrix caspica Puplesis & Sruoga, 1991
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Bucculatrix caspica is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by R. Puplesis and V. Sruoga in 1991. It is found in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan[1] and the southern part of European Russia.[2] It is most likely a synonym of Bucculatrix ulmifoliae.[3]
The length of the forewings is 2.9-3-1 mm for males and 3.3 mm for females.
The larvae feed on Ulmus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bucculatrix at funet". Archived from the original on 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Anikin et al. "Fauna Lepidopterologica Volgo-Uralensis" 150 years later:changes and additions. Part 8. Gracillarioidea Atalanta (Juli 2004) 35(1/2): 141-151, Würzburg, ISSN 0171-0079
- ^ Leaf-mining Lepidoptera (Nepticulidae, Bucculatricidae, Gracillariidae) from Ulmus in northern Caspiya (Kaspia)