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Bucculatrix paroptila

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Species of moth in genus Bucculatrix

Bucculatrix paroptila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species: B. paroptila
Binomial name
Bucculatrix paroptila
Braun, 1963

Bucculatrix paroptila is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maine, Massachusetts, Ontario and Nova Scotia. It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1963.

The larvae feed on Comptonia peregrina and Myrica gale.

References

  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera)


Taxon identifiers
Bucculatrix paroptila


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