| Bucculatrix thurberiella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. thurberiella |
| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix thurberiella Busck, 1914 | |
Bucculatrix thurberiella, the cotton leaf perforator, is a species of moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It was first described by August Busck in 1914. It is native to the south-western United States and northern Mexico. It is an introduced species in Hawaii.
The wingspan is 7–9 mm.
The larvae feed on Gossypium tomentosum and Thurberia thespesioides. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
- Braun, Annette F. (1963). The Genus Bucculatrix in America North of Mexico (Microlepidoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society Number 18. American Entomological Society.
- Nicholls, Charles Jonathan (1999). Reproductive biology of butterflies and moths (Thesis).
Further reading
- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Volume 9, Microlepidoptera. hdl:10125/7338. OCLC 652891775.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Bucculatrix thurberiella | |
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