Bucculatrix fugitans
Bucculatrix fugitans is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Ohio, Massachusetts and Maine. It was described in 1930 by Annette Frances Braun.
| Bucculatrix fugitans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. fugitans |
| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix fugitans | |
The wingspan is 6–7 mm. The forewings are dark brown, almost black, with lustrous pale golden marks. The hindwings are fuscous. Adults have been recorded on wing from June to July.
The larvae feed on Corylus americana and possibly Corylus cornuta. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is very fine and linear and is much contorted. Older larvae live freely, causing one or two very minute feeding patches of leaf in which the upper epidermis is left intact. In all subsequent feeding, the entire leaf substance is consumed. Pupation takes place in a reddish-brown cocoon.[2]
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