Bucculatrix armata is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Svetlana Seksjaeva in 1989. It is found in the Russian Far East (Primorsky Krai)[1] and Japan (Hokkaido).[2]
Bucculatrix armata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Bucculatricidae |
Genus: | Bucculatrix |
Species: | B. armata |
Binomial name | |
Bucculatrix armata Seksjaeva, 1989 | |
The forewings are white, mixed with orange brown.
The larvae feed on Tilia japonica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The young larvae form a linear mine. Older larvae live freely, feeding on the upper surface of the leaf.
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