Jump to content

Bucculatrix trifasciella

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bucculatrix trifasciella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. trifasciella
Binomial name
Bucculatrix trifasciella
Synonyms
  • Bucculatrix obscurofasciella Chambers, 1873

Bucculatrix trifasciella is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was first described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1866 and is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Kentucky, Ohio and Ontario.

The larvae feed on Quercus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. [2]

References

[edit]