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Bucculatrix comporabile

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Species of moth in genus Bucculatrix

Bucculatrix comporabile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species: B. comporabile
Binomial name
Bucculatrix comporabile
Seksjaeva, 1989

Bucculatrix comporabile is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Svetlana Seksjaeva in 1989. It is found in the Russian Far East (Primorsky Krai) and Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu).

The wingspan is 6–7 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus crispula, Quercus dentata and possibly Quercus serrata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Seksyaeva S.V., 1989: First data on mining moths of the family bucculatricidae lepidoptera from the southern primorski krai russian sfsr ussr with descriptions of 10 new species. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie. 68(3): 620-627
  2. A revision of the Japanese species of the family Bucculatricidae (Lepidoptera)

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Taxon identifiers
Bucculatrix comporabile


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