Bucculatrix citima 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, Honshu).[2]

Bucculatrix citima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Bucculatricidae
Genus:	Bucculatrix
Species:	B. citima
Binomial name
Bucculatrix citima Seksjaeva, 1989

The wingspan is 6–7 mm. The forewings are white with some dark red brown irrorations. The hindwings are grey.

The larvae feed on Rhamnus davurica and Rhamnus japonica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The young larvae form a spiral linear mine. Pupation takes place in a greyish brown or whitish wine red cocoon.

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

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