Bucculatrix pallidula
Bucculatrix pallidula is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maine and Utah. It was described in 1963 by Annette Frances Braun.
| Bucculatrix pallidula | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. pallidula |
| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix pallidula | |
The wingspan is about 5.5 mm. The forewings are creamy white, dusted with pale ocherous scales, some of which are minutely brown-tipped. The hindwings are whitish ocherous. Adults have been recorded on wing in from June to July.
The larvae feed on a labiate shrub. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a translucent blotch between two main veins at the base of the leaf. Pupation takes place outside of the mine in a brownish ocherous cocoon.[2]
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