Bucculatrix frigida
Bucculatrix frigida | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Bucculatricidae |
Genus: | Bucculatrix |
Species: | B. frigida |
Binomial name | |
Bucculatrix frigida Deschka, 1992[1] | |
Bucculatrix frigida is a moth in the Bucculatricidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the northern Rocky Mountains (Alberta) and central Alaska.
The length of the forewings is about 3.2 mm. The forewings is light grey.
The larvae feed on Artemisia frigida. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]