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Bucculatrix caspica

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Bucculatrix caspica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. caspica
Binomial name
Bucculatrix caspica
Puplesis & Sruoga, 1991

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, Tajikistan[1] and the southern part of European Russia.[2] It is most likely a synonym of Bucculatrix ulmifoliae.[3]

The length of the forewings is 2.9-3-1 mm for males and 3.3 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Ulmus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Bucculatrix at funet". Archived from the original on 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Leaf-mining Lepidoptera (Nepticulidae, Bucculatricidae, Gracillariidae) from Ulmus in northern Caspiya (Kaspia)