Biology:Bucculatrix montana

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Short description: Species of moth in genus Bucculatrix

Bucculatrix montana
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. montana
Binomial name
Bucculatrix montana
Braun, 1920[1]

Bucculatrix montana, the mountain bucculatrix,[2] 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.[2]

References

  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. 2.0 2.1 Beadle, David; Leckie, Seabrooke (2012). Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 32. ISBN 9780547238487. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15671817 entry