Bucculatrix caspica
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, Tadjikistan[1] and the southern part of European Russia.[2] It is most likely a synonym of Bucculatrix ulmifoliae.[3]
| Bucculatrix caspica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. caspica |
| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix caspica Puplesis & Sruoga, 1991 | |
The length of the forewings is 2.9-3-1 mm for males and 3.3 mm for females. The forewings are creamy white with some brown spots. The hindwings are greyish cream to pale brownish.
The larvae feed on Ulmus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long, narrow gallery with black linear frass. Pupation takes place in a whitish cream cocoon.[4]
References
- "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)
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