Bucculatrix salutatoria
Bucculatrix salutatoria is a species of moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and British Columbia. Thehe species was first described by Annette Frances Braun in 1925.
| Bucculatrix salutatoria | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. salutatoria |
| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix salutatoria | |
The wingspan is 8-9.5 mm. The forewings are white, finely dusted with pale dull ocherous scales. The hindwings are lustrous, greyish white, with a coppery tinge.
The larvae feed on Artemisia tridentata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a narrow linear mine along the margin of the leaf. The larvae leave this mine, forming small narrow mines along the margin of the leaf, entering the leaf on the upper side at or near the margin. Pupation takes place in a pale grey cocoon, spun on the underside of a leaf.[2]
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