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Bucculatrix montana

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Species of moth in genus Bucculatrix

Bucculatrix montana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species: B. montana
Binomial name
Bucculatrix montana
Braun, 1920

Bucculatrix montana, the mountain bucculatrix, is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1920 and is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Ontario, Nova Scotia, Indiana, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Maine, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Georgia. It is known to use sweet gale as its host plant.

References

  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. ^ Beadle, David; Leckie, Seabrooke (2012). Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 32. ISBN 9780547238487.
Taxon identifiers
Bucculatrix montana


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