Bucculatrix eurotiella
| Bucculatrix eurotiella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. eurotiella |
| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix eurotiella Walsingham, 1907[1] | |
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Bucculatrix eurotiella is a moth in the Bucculatricidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California, Utah and British Columbia.
The wingspan is 8–10 mm. The forewings are white, marked with patches of ocherous and brown-tipped ocherous scales. The hindwings are pale brownish grey. Adults have been recorded on wing in May.
The larvae feed on Chrysothamnus and Senecio species.[2]
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