Bucculatricidae

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Bucculatricidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Infraorder: Heteroneura
Clade: Eulepidoptera
Clade: Ditrysia
Superfamily: Gracillarioidea
Family: Bucculatricidae
Wallengren, 1881
Genus: Bucculatrix
Zeller, 1839
Diversity [1]
1–3 genera and 297 species
Synonyms
  • CeroclastisZeller, 1848

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.

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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.

Some authors recognize just a single large genus, Bucculatrix, although two Australian genera, Cryphioxena and the scribbly gum moths (Ogmograptis spp.) are now sometimes placed in this family rather than in Elachistidae. [2] [3]

Species

Status unclear

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Bucculatrix amiculella is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae and is known to be found in Colombia. It was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1897.

Bucculatrix ceibae is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in Bolivia. It was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1871.

Bucculatrix centroptila is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae that was first described in 1934 by Edward Meyrick. It is found in India.

Bucculatrix cirrhographa is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in Ecuador. It was first described in 1915 by Edward Meyrick.

Bucculatrix clerotheta is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described in 1915 by Edward Meyrick. It is found in India.

Bucculatrix criticopa is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915 and is found in Guyana.

Bucculatrix epibathra is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in India. It was first described in 1934 by Edward Meyrick.

Bucculatrix eremospora is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1936. It is found in Taiwan.

Bucculatrix flexuosa is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. The species was described in 1897 by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham. It is found in the West Indies.

Bucculatrix hagnopis is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in India. The species was first described in 1930 by Edward Meyrick.

Bucculatrix instigata is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in Peru. It was described in 1915 by Edward Meyrick.

Bucculatrix statica is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found on Java. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.

Bucculatrix regaella is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in Algeria. The species was described in 1907 by Pierre Chrétien.

Bucculatrix verax is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in India. The species was described in 1918 by Edward Meyrick.

Bucculatrix tanymorpha is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in Peru. The species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915.

Bucculatrix tetanota is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. The species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in India.

Ethmia ubsensis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Zagulajev in 1975. It is found in Mongolia.

References

  1. "Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness - Lepidoptera" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryphioxena". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ogmograptis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.
  4. Tokár, Zdenko; Laštůvka, Aleš (18 April 2018). "Bucculatrix brunnella sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Bucculatricidae) from Sicily and Sardinia". Nota Lepidopterologica. 41 (1): 113–117. doi: 10.3897/nl.41.22840 . ISSN   2367-5365. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  5. Yagi, Sadahisa; Oku, Johei; Hirowatari, Toshiya (5 February 2024). "A new Hibiscus-feeding species of Bucculatrix (Bucculatricidae) from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan". Nota Lepidopterologica. 47: 29–42. doi: 10.3897/nl.47.107485 . Retrieved 28 December 2024.