Bucculatricidae

Taxobox
name = Bucculatricidae

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Gracillarioidea
familia = Bucculatricidae
familia_authority = Wallengren, 1881
genus = "Bucculatrix"
genus_authority = Zeller, 1839

Bucculatricidae or (Bucculatrigidae) is a family of moths. This small family has representatives in all parts of the world. Some authors place the group as a subfamily of the family Lyonetiidae.

Adults of this family are easily overlooked, being very small with narrow wings wrapped around the body at rest. When small, the larvae are leaf-miners, forming distinctive brown blotches on leaves. When larger, they usually feed on the leaves externally. Many species have specific host plants. The pupal cases have distinctive longitudinal ridges, leading to members of the family commonly being called ribbed cocoon makers.

Most authors recognize just a single large genus, "Bucculatrix", although two Australian species, "Cryphioxena notosema" and the Scribbly Gum Moth, "Ogmograptis scribula" are sometimes placed in this family rather than in Elachistidae.

pecies

Species include:

*"B. absinthii":Food plant: "Artemisia"
*"B. acrogramma"
*"B. adelpha"
*"B. agilis":Food plant: "Acacia horrida"
*"B. agnella":Food plant: "Ambrosia artemisiifolia"
*"B. ainsliella" [http://www.origins.tv/entomology/moths/300/0572/0572.htm] :Food plant: "Quercus"
*"B. alaternella":Food plant: "Rhamnus alaternus"
*"B. albaciliella"
*"B. albedinella":Food plant: "Ulmus"
*"B. albella":Food plant: "Paliurus spina-christi"
*"B. albertiella":Food plant: "Quercus"
*"B. albiguttella":Food plant: "Achillea"
*"B. alpina"
*"B. ambrosiaefoliella":Recorded food plants: "Ambrosia", "Parthenium hysterophorus"
*"B. amiculella":Food plant: "Quercus"
*"B. anaticula":Food plant: "Ceanothus americanus"
*"B. andalusica":Food plant: "Artemisia"
*"B. angustata" [http://facweb.furman.edu/~snyderjohn/leplist/d-smith/522-bucculatrix-angustata.jpg] :Food plants: "Aster", "Erigeron", "Solidago"
*"B. angustisquamella"
*"B. anthemidella":Food plant: "Anthemis tinctoria"
*"B. argentisignella":Food plant: "Leucanthemum vulgare"
*"B. armeniaca"
*"B. arnicella":Food plants: "Arnica cordifolia", "Artemisia tridentata"
*"B. artemisiella" [http://www2.nrm.se/en/svenska_fjarilar/b/bucculatrix_artemisiella.html] :Food plant: "Artemisia"
*"B. aspyctella"
*"B. atagina":Food plant: "Artemisia campestris"
*"B. atrosignata"
*"B. bechsteinella" [http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=275] :Food plants: "Crataegus", "Cydonia oblonga", "Malus", "Pyrus", "Sorbus"
*"B. benacicolella":Food plant: "Artemisia alba"
*"B. benenotata"
*"B. bicolorella"
*"B. bicristata"
*"B. brunnescens"
*"B. callistricha":Food plant: "Corylus"
*"B. canadensisella":Food plant: "Betula"
*"B. canariensis":Food plant: "Artemisia canariensis"
*"B. cantabricella":Food plant: "Convolvulus cantabricus"
*"B. capreella":Food plant: "Achillea millefolium"
*"B. caribbea":Food plant: "Cordia"
*"B. carolinae"
*"B. caspica"
*"B. ceanothiella":Food plant: "Ceanothus"
*"B. ceibae":Food plant: "Ceiba"
*"B. centaureae":Food plant: "Centaurea triniifolia"
*"B. centroptila":Food plant: "Firmiana colorata"
*"B. cerina":Food plant: "Quercus"
*"B. chrysanthemella":Food plants: "Argyranthemum frutescens", "Chrysanthemum", "Gonospermum"
*"B. cidarella":Food plants: "Alnus", "Myrica gale"
*"B. clavenae":Food plant: "Achillea millefolium"
*"B. columbiana":Food plant: "Iva axillaris"
*"B. coniforma"
*"B. copeuta":Food plant: "Prunus pensylvanica"
*"B. cordiaella":Food plant: "Cordia"
*"B. coronatella":Food plant: "Betula"
*"B. crataegi":Food plants: "Crataegus", "Pyrus"
*"B. crateracma":Food plant: "Bombax ceiba"
*"B. cretica"
*"B. cristatella":Food plant: "Achillea millefolium"
*"B. criticopa"
*"B. cuneigera":Food plant: "Aster shortii"
*"B. demaryella":Food plants: "Acer", "Betula", "Castanea", "Corylus"
*"B. diffusella":Food plant: "Artemisia maritima"
*"B. disjuncta"
*"B. divisa":Food plant: "Balsamorhiza sagittata"
*"B. domicola":Food plant: "Quercus palustris"
*"B. dominatrix":Food plant: "Baccharis pilularis"
*"B. eclecta":Food plant: "Ulmus pumila"
*"B. enceliae":Food plant: "Encelia farinosa"
*"B. epibathra":Food plant: "Grewia tiliaefolia"
*"B. ericameriae":Food plant: "Ericameria arborescens"
*"B. errans":Food plant: "Aster"
*"B. eucalypti":Food plant: "Eucalyptus"
*"B. eugrapha"
*"B. eupatoriella":Food plant: "Eupatorium perfoliatum"
*"B. eurotiella":Food plants: "Krascheninnikovia lanata", "Senecio"
*"B. evanescens"
*"B. exedra":Food plant: "Firmiana platanifolia"
*"B. fatigatella":Food plants: "Artemisia campestris", "Leucanthemopsis alpina"
*"B. firmianella":Food plant: "Firmiana"
*"B. flexuosa":Food plant: "Acacia nilotica"
*"B. floccosa"
*"B. flourensiae":Food plant: "Flourensia cernua"
*"B. formosa"
*"B. frangutella":Food plant: "Rhamnus"
*"B. franseriae":Food plant: "Ambrosia deltoidea"
*"B. frigida"
*"B. fugitans":Food plant: "Corylus"
*"B. fusicola":Food plant: "Helianthus"
*"B. gnaphaliella":Food plant: "Helichrysum arenarium"
*"B. gossypiella":Food plant: "Gossypium"
*"B. gossypii":Food plant: "Gossypium"
*"B. helianthemi":Food plant: "Helianthemum sessiliflorum"
*"B. helichrysella":Food plant: "Helichrysum italicum"
*"B. herbalbella":Food plant: "Artemisia herba-alba"
*"B. humiliella"
*"B. ilecella":Food plant: "Ilex"
*"B. illecebrosa":Food plant: "Helianthus"
*"B. immaculatella"
*"B. improvisa":Food plant: "Tilia americana"
*"B. infans"
*"B. insolita"
*"B. inusitata":Food plant: "Juniperus communis"
*"B. ivella":Food plants: "Baccharis", "Iva frutescens"
*"B. jugicola":Food plants: "Achillea oxyloba", "Leucanthemopsis alpina"
*"B. kendalli":Food plant: "Colubrina texensis"
*"B. kimballi"
*"B. koebelella":Food plant: "Artemisia californica"
*"B. laciniatella":Food plant: "Artemisia laciniata"
*"B. lassella"
*"B. latella"
*"B. latviaella"
*"B. lavaterella":Food plant: "Lavatera"
*"B. leptalea":Food plant: "Artemisia dracunculus"
*"B. leucanthemella":Food plants: "Chrysanthemum", "Leucanthemum", "Staehelina dubia"
*"B. litigiosella":Food plant: "Quercus"
*"B. locuples":Food plant: "Alnus serrulata"
*"B. longula":Food plant: "Helianthus annuus"
*"B. loxoptila":Food plant: "Gossypium"
*"B. luteella":Food plant: "Quercus alba"
*"B. magnella":Food plant: "Solidago"
*"B. maritima" [http://www.oekotec.uni-kiel.de/suppl7.htm] :Food plant: "Aster tripolium"
*"B. mehadiensis"
*"B. mendax":Food plant: "Dalbergia sissoo"
*"B. mesoporphyra"
*"B. micropunctata"
*"B. montana"
*"B. myricae":Food plant: "Myrica gale"
*"B. needhami":Food plant: "Helianthus"
*"B. nigricomella" [http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=266] :Food plant: "Leucanthemum vulgare"
*"B. nigripunctella"
*"B. niveella":Food plant: "Solidago"
*"B. noltei":Food plant: "Artemisia vulgaris"
*"B. ochristrigella"
*"B. ochrisuffusa":Food plant: "Quercus alba"
*"B. ochritincta"
*"B. orophilella"
*"B. packardella":Food plants: "Fagus", "Quercus"
*"B. paliuricola":Food plant: "Paliurus"
*"B. pallidula"
*"B. pannonica":Food plant: "Artemisia maritima"
*"B. paroptila":Food plants: "Comptonia peregrina", "Myrica gale"
*"B. parthenica":Food plant: "Parthenium hysterophorus"
*"B. parvinotata"
*"B. perficta"
*"B. phagnalella":Food plant: "Phagnalon saxatile"
*"B. platyphylla"
*"B. plucheae":Food plant: "Pluchea odorata"
*"B. polymniae":Food plant: "Smallanthus uvedalius"
*"B. polytita"
*"B. pomifoliella":Food plants: "Ambrosia", "Amelanchier laevis", "Chaenomeles japonica", "Crataegus", "Cydonia oblonga", "Malus", "Prunus", "Pyrus"
*"B. pseudosylvella":Food plant: "Rhamnus saxatilis"
*"B. ptochastis"
*"B. pyrivorella":Food plants: "Pisum sativum", "Pyrus"
*"B. quadrigemina":Food plants: "Alcea", "Althaea"
*"B. quinquenotella":Food plants: "Ampelopsis", "Quercus rubra"
*"B. ratisbonensis":Food plant: "Artemisia campestris"
*"B. recognita":Food plant: "Quercus macrocarpa"
*"B. regaella":Food plant: "Helianthemum sessiliflorum"
*"B. rhamniella":Food plant: "Rhamnus"
*"B. ruficoma":Food plants: "Gossypium", "Ipomoea batatas"
*"B. salutatoria":Food plant: "Artemisia tridentata"
*"B. santolinella":Food plant: "Santolina chamaecyparissus"
*"B. seneciensis":Food plant: "Senecio"
*"B. seorsa":Food plant: "Artemisia tridentata"
*"B. seperabilis":Food plant: "Baccharis pilularis"
*"B. sexnotata":Food plant: "Aster"
*"B. simulans":Food plant: "Helianthus annuus"
*"B. solidaginiella":Food plant: "Solidago"
*"B. sororcula"
*"B. speciosa":Food plant: "Solidago"
*"B. spectabilis"
*"B. sphaeralceae"
*"B. sporobolella":Food plant: "Sporobolus airoides"
*"B. staintonella":Food plant: "Populus"
*"B. subnitens"
*"B. taeniola":Food plant: "Salvia apiana"
*"B. telavivella"
*"B. tenebricosa"
*"B. tetradymiae":Food plant: "Tetradymia axillaris"
*"B. thoracella":Food plants: "Acer", "Tilia"
*"B. thurberiella" [http://juniper.tamu.edu/Entomology/lfperf2.htm] :Food plants: "Cienfuegosia thespesioides", "Gossypium"
*"B. transversata":Food plant: "Ambrosia psilostachya"
*"B. tridenticola":Food plant: "Artemisia tridentata"
*"B. trifasciella":Food plants: "Castanea", "Quercus rubra"
*"B. turatii":Food plant: "Paliurus aculeatus"
*"B. ulmella" [http://jeffhiggott.topcities.com/lepidoptera/systematic_list/Bucculatricidae/274.html] :Food plants: "Pinus sylvestris", "Quercus", "Sorbus", "Ulmus"
*"B. ulmicola"
*"B. ulmifoliae":Food plant: "Ulmus"
*"B. ulocarena"
*"B. univoca":Food plant: "Ipomoea aquatica"
*"B. variabilis":Food plants: "Tidestromia", "Baccharis pilularis"
*"B. verax":Food plant: "Trewia nudiflora"
*"B. viguierae":Food plant: "Heliomeris longifolia"
*"B. xenaula":Food plant: "Sterculia"
*"B. zizyphella":Food plant: "Ziziphus"
*"B. zophopasta":Food plant: "Quercus garryana"

External links

* [http://www.faunaeur.org/distribution.php Fauna Europaea]
* [http://www.nearctica.com/nomina/lepid/leps.htm Nearctic Lepidoptera]
* [http://www.tolweb.org/Bucculatricidae Tree of Life]