Bucculatrix citima

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Bucculatrix citima
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. citima
Binomial name
Bucculatrix citima
Seksjaeva, 1989

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]

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.

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