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.
Parthenium is a genus of North American annuals, biennials, perennials, subshrubs, and shrubs in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae and subfamily Asteroideae.
Zygogramma is a large genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae, which includes approximately 100 species. 13 species occur north of Mexico.
Epiblema strenuana, the stem-galling moth or ragweed borer, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to North America, but was introduced to Australia from Mexico to control the weeds of the family Asteraceae in 1982. It is occasionally misspelled as Epiblema strenuanum.
Bucculatrix acrogramma is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae that was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1919. It is found in Australia.
Bucculatrix asphyctella is a moth species of the family Bucculatricidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1880. It is found in Australia.
Bucculatrix eucalypti is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It was described in 1880 by Edward Meyrick and is found in Australia.
Bucculatrix gossypii is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in Queensland, Australia. The species was described in 1926 by Alfred Jefferis Turner.
Bucculatrix ivella is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It was described in 1900 by August Busck. It is native to North America, but has been introduced to Queensland, Australia.
Bucculatrix lassella is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in Australia. It was first described in 1880 by Edward Meyrick.
Bucculatrix xenaula is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in South Australia. It was described in 1893 by Edward Meyrick.
Bucculatrix ulocarena is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in Australia. It was described in 1923 by Alfred Jefferis Turner.
Bucculatrix ptochastis is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in Australia. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1893.
Bucculatrix perfixa is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It was first described in 1915 by Edward Meyrick and is found in Australia.
Bucculatrix mesoporphyra is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in Australia. It was first described in 1933 by Alfred Jefferis Turner.
Parthenium hysterophorus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the American tropics. Common names include Santa-Maria, Santa Maria feverfew, whitetop weed, and famine weed. In India, it is locally known as carrot grass, congress grass or gajar ghas or dhanura. It is a common invasive species in India, Australia, and parts of Africa.
Bucculatrix ambrosiaefoliella is a species of moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California, Texas, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Missouri, Iowa, Maine and Ohio. The species was first described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1875.
Zygogramma bicolorata, variously referred to as the Parthenium beetle or Mexican beetle, is a species of leaf beetle in the subfamily Chrysomelinae, native to Mexico.
Anantanarayanan Raman is a Professor of Ecology with Charles Sturt University, NSW and a scientist with CSIRO, Australia.
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