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Bucculatrix frigida

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Species of moth in genus Bucculatrix

Bucculatrix frigida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species: B. frigida
Binomial name
Bucculatrix frigida
Deschka, 1992

Bucculatrix frigida is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the northern Rocky Mountains (Alberta) and central Alaska. It was described by G. Deschka in 1992.

The length of the forewings is about 3.2 mm. The forewings is light grey.

The larvae feed on Artemisia frigida. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. Deschka, G., 1992: Bucculatrix frigida sp. nov. aus der borealen Nearktis Lepidoptera, Lyonetiidae. Entomofauna, 1333: 545-551
Taxon identifiers
Bucculatrix frigida


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