Biology:Bucculatrix paroptila
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Short description: Species of moth in genus Bucculatrix
| Bucculatrix paroptila | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. paroptila
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| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix paroptila Braun, 1963[1]
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Bucculatrix paroptila is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maine, Massachusetts , Ontario and Nova Scotia. It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1963.
The larvae feed on Comptonia peregrina and Myrica gale.[2]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q15671902 entry
