Bucculatrix tetradymiae

Bucculatrix tetradymiae is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the Mojave desert in California. It was first described by Kendall H. Osborne and Daniel Z. Rubinoff in 1997.

Bucculatrix tetradymiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. tetradymiae
Binomial name
Bucculatrix tetradymiae
Osborne & Rubinoff, 1997[1]

The length of the forewings is 3.2-3.8 mm. The forewings are lustrous white with distal half dominated by roughly equal-sized postmedial and submarginal blotches partially separated by white at the anal angle and the costa. The hindwings are grey. Adults have been recorded on wing in April.

The larvae feed on Tetradymia axillmis. Young larvae probably mine the leaves, while older larvae feed externally. Pupation takes place in a white cocoon, which is fixed lengthwise against axillary spines of the host plant.[2]

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