Bucculatrix citima
Bucculatrix citima is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Svetlana Seksjaeva in 1989. It is found in the Russian Far East (Primorsky Krai)[1] and Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu).[2]
| Bucculatrix citima | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. citima |
| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix citima Seksjaeva, 1989 | |
The wingspan is 6–7 mm. The forewings are white with some dark red brown irrorations. The hindwings are grey.
The larvae feed on Rhamnus davurica and Rhamnus japonica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The young larvae form a spiral linear mine. Pupation takes place in a greyish brown or whitish wine red cocoon.
References
- Seksyaeva S.V., 1989: First data on mining moths of the family bucculatricidae lepidoptera from the southern primorski krai russian sfsr ussr with descriptions of 10 new species. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie. 68(3): 620-627
- A revision of the Japanese species of the family Bucculatricidae (Lepidoptera)
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