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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. armata
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| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix armata Seksjaeva, 1989
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The larvae feed on Tilia japonica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
edit- ^ Seksyaeva S.V., 1989: First data on mining moths of the family bucculatricidae lepidoptera from the southern primorski krai russian sfsr ussr with descriptions of 10 new species. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie. 68(3): 620-627
- ^ A revision of the Japanese species of the family Bucculatricidae (Lepidoptera)
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