Bucculatrix pomifoliella

Bucculatrix pomifoliella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Bucculatricidae
Genus:	Bucculatrix
Species:	B. pomifoliella
Binomial name
	Bucculatrix pomifoliella; Clemens, 1860
Synonyms
	Lithocolletis curvilineatella Packard, 1869; Bucculatrix curvilineatella; Bucculatrix pomonella Packard, 1880;

Bucculatrix pomifoliella is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860 and is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Maine, Ontario, Ohio, Tennessee, North Carolina, Missouri, Utah, Washington, British Columbia, Indiana, Manitoba, Quebec and West Virginia.

The wingspan is 7–7.5 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to September. There are up to two generations per year.

The larvae feed on trees and shrubs in the family Rosaceae, including Prunus serotina, Amelanchier laevis and Physocarpus malvaceus. The larvae also feed on Malus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.^[2]

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

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[2] The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera)

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