Bucculatrix kendalli

Bucculatrix kendalli is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Texas. It was described by André Blanchard and Edward C. Knudson in 1985.

Bucculatrix kendalli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. kendalli
Binomial name
Bucculatrix kendalli
Blanchard & Knudson, 1985[1]

The length of the forewings is 2.6-2.9 mm for males and 2.6-2.8 mm for females. The forewings are slightly glossy dark fuscous, with unicolorous scales and marked with pure white. The hindwings are fuscous.

The larvae feed on Colubrina texensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Older larvae feed freely on the leaf.[2]

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