Bucculatrix zophopasta

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Bucculatrix zophopasta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. zophopasta
Binomial name
Bucculatrix zophopasta
Braun, 1963 [1]

Bucculatrix zophopasta is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1963 and is found in North America, where it has been recorded from British Columbia, Oregon and California.

Adults have been recorded on wing in March, June and August.

The larvae feed on Quercus garryana and possibly Quercus lobata . [2]

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