Bucculatricidae or (Bucculatrigidae) is a family of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s. This small family has representatives in all parts of the world. Some authors place the group as a subfamily of the family
Lyonetiidae
Lyonetiidae is a family of moths with around 200 described species. These are small, slender moths, the wingspan rarely exceeding 1 cm. The very narrow forewings, held folded backwards covering the hindwings and abdomen, often have pointed G ...
.
Adults of this family are easily overlooked, being very small with narrow wings wrapped around the body at rest. When small, the
larva
A larva (; : larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage. Animals with indirect development such as insects, some arachnids, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase ...
e are
leaf-miner
A leaf miner is any one of numerous species of insects in which the larval stage lives in, and eats, the leaf tissue of plants. The vast majority of leaf-mining insects are moths (Lepidoptera), sawflies (Symphyta, a paraphyletic group which ...
s, forming distinctive brown blotches on leaves. When larger, they usually feed on the leaves externally. Many species have specific host plants. The
pupa
A pupa (; : pupae) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages. Insects that go through a pupal stage are holometabolous: they go through four distinct stages in their life cycle, the stages th ...
l cases have distinctive longitudinal ridges, leading to members of the family commonly being called ribbed cocoon makers.
Some authors recognize just a single large genus, ''Bucculatrix'', although two
Australia
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n genera, ''
Cryphioxena'' and the
scribbly gum moth
''Ogmograptis'', the scribbly gum moth, is a genus in the family Bucculatricidae and was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1935, as a monotypic genus (consisting of one species only). They are found in the Australian Capital Territory, New S ...
s (''Ogmograptis'' spp.) are now sometimes placed in this family rather than in
Elachistidae
The Elachistidae (grass-miner moths) are a family of small moths in the Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea. Some authors lumpers and splitters, lump about 3,300 species in eight subfamilies here, but this arrangement almost certainly result ...
.
Species
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Bucculatrix abdita
Bucculatricidae or (Bucculatrigidae) is a family of moths. This small family has representatives in all parts of the world. Some authors place the group as a subfamily of the family Lyonetiidae.
Adults of this family are easily overlooked, bein ...
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Bucculatrix abrepta
''Bucculatrix abrepta'' is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Svetlana Seksjaeva in 1989. It is found in the Russian Far East
The Russian Far East ( rus, Дальний Восток России, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐ ...
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Bucculatrix absinthii''
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Bucculatrix acrogramma''
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Bucculatrix acuta
''Bucculatrix acuta'' is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was first described by Svetlana Vladimirovna Baryshnikova in 2001, and is found in Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country ...
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Bucculatrix adelpha''
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Bucculatrix agilis
''Bucculatrix agilis'' is a moth species in the family Bucculatricidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1920 and is found in South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, s ...
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Bucculatrix agnella
''Bucculatrix agnella'' is a species of moth in the family Bucculatricidae. The species was first described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Wa ...
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Bucculatrix ainsliella''
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Bucculatrix alaternella
''Bucculatrix alaternella'' is a moth species in the family Bucculatricidae. The species was first described in 1890 by Alexandre Constant. It is found in France, Spain and Portugal.
The wingspan is about 9 mm.
The larvae feed on ''Rhamnu ...
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Bucculatrix albaciliella
''Bucculatrix albaciliella'' is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae first described by Annette Frances Braun in 1910. It is found in California.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one win ...
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Bucculatrix albedinella
''Bucculatrix albedinella'' is a moth species of the family Bucculatricidae and was first described in 1839 by Philipp Christoph Zeller. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland and the Iberian Peninsula).
The wingspan is .
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*''Bucculatrix albella''
*''Bucculatrix albertiella''
*''Bucculatrix albiguttella''
*''Bucculatrix alpina''
*''Bucculatrix altera''
*''Bucculatrix amara''
*''Bucculatrix ambrosiaefoliella''
*''Bucculatrix amiculella''
*''Bucculatrix anaticula''
*''Bucculatrix andalusica''
*''Bucculatrix angustata''
*''Bucculatrix angustisquamella''
*''Bucculatrix anthemidella''
*''Bucculatrix anticolona''
*''Bucculatrix applicita''
*''Bucculatrix aquila''
*''Bucculatrix argentisignella''
*''Bucculatrix armata''
*''Bucculatrix armeniaca''
*''Bucculatrix arnicella''
*''Bucculatrix artemisiella''
*''Bucculatrix asphyctella''
*''Bucculatrix atagina''
*''Bucculatrix atrosignata''
*''Bucculatrix basifuscella''
*''Bucculatrix bechsteinella''
*''Bucculatrix benacicolella''
*''Bucculatrix benenotata''
*''Bucculatrix bicinica''
*''Bucculatrix bicolorella''
*''Bucculatrix bicristata''
*''Bucculatrix bifida''
*''Bucculatrix bisucla''
*''Bucculatrix brunnella''
*''Bucculatrix brunnescens''
*''Bucculatrix callistricha''
*''Bucculatrix canadensisella''
*''Bucculatrix canariensis''
*''Bucculatrix cantabricella''
*''Bucculatrix caribbea''
*''Bucculatrix carolinae''
*''Bucculatrix caspica''
*''Bucculatrix ceanothiella''
*''Bucculatrix ceibae''
*''Bucculatrix centroptila''
*''Bucculatrix cerina''
*''Bucculatrix chrysanthemella''
*''Bucculatrix cidarella''
*''Bucculatrix cirrhographa''
*''Bucculatrix citima''
*''Bucculatrix clavenae''
*''Bucculatrix clerotheta''
*''Bucculatrix columbiana''
*''Bucculatrix comporabile''
*''Bucculatrix coniforma''
*''Bucculatrix copeuta''
*''Bucculatrix cordiaella''
*''Bucculatrix coronatella''
*''Bucculatrix crateracma''
*''Bucculatrix cretica''
*''Bucculatrix cristatella''
*''Bucculatrix criticopa''
*''Bucculatrix cuneigera''
*''Bucculatrix damarana''
*''Bucculatrix daures''
*''Bucculatrix demaryella''
*''Bucculatrix diacapna''
*''Bucculatrix diffusella''
*''Bucculatrix disjuncta''
*''Bucculatrix divisa''
*''Bucculatrix domicola''
*''Bucculatrix dominatrix''
*''Bucculatrix dulcis''
*''Bucculatrix eclecta''
*''Bucculatrix edocta''
*''Bucculatrix enceliae''
*''Bucculatrix endospiralis''
*''Bucculatrix epibathra''
*''Bucculatrix eremospora''
*''Bucculatrix ericameriae''
*''Bucculatrix eschatias''
*''Bucculatrix eucalypti''
*''Bucculatrix eugenmaraisi''
*''Bucculatrix eugrapha''
*''Bucculatrix eupatoriella''
*''Bucculatrix eurotiella''
*''Bucculatrix evanescens''
*''Bucculatrix exedra''
*''Bucculatrix extensa''
*''Bucculatrix facilis''
*''Bucculatrix fatigatella''
*''Bucculatrix firmianella''
*''Bucculatrix flavimaculata''
Yagi & Hirowatari, 2024
*''Bucculatrix flexuosa''
*''Bucculatrix floccosa''
*''Bucculatrix flourensiae''
*''Bucculatrix formosa''
*''Bucculatrix frangutella''
*''Bucculatrix franseriae''
*''Bucculatrix frigida''
*''Bucculatrix fugitans''
*''Bucculatrix fusicola''
*''Bucculatrix galeodes''
*''Bucculatrix galinsogae''
*''Bucculatrix gnaphaliella''
*''Bucculatrix gossypiella''
*''Bucculatrix gossypii''
*''Bucculatrix gossypina''
*''Bucculatrix hackeri''
*''Bucculatrix hagnopis''
*''Bucculatrix hamaboella''
*''Bucculatrix helichrysella''
*''Bucculatrix herbalbella''
*''Bucculatrix hobohmi''
*''Bucculatrix humiliella''
*''Bucculatrix hypocypha''
*''Bucculatrix hypsiphila''
*''Bucculatrix ilecella''
*''Bucculatrix illecebrosa''
*''Bucculatrix immaculatella''
*''Bucculatrix improvisa''
*''Bucculatrix inchoata''
*''Bucculatrix increpata''
*''Bucculatrix infans''
*''Bucculatrix insolita''
*''Bucculatrix instigata''
*''Bucculatrix inusitata''
*''Bucculatrix iranica''
*''Bucculatrix ivella''
*''Bucculatrix jiblahensis''
*''Bucculatrix kendalli''
*''Bucculatrix khomasi''
*''Bucculatrix kimballi''
*''Bucculatrix kirkspriggsi''
*''Bucculatrix koebelella''
*''Bucculatrix kogii''
*''Bucculatrix laciniatella''
*''Bucculatrix lassella''
*''Bucculatrix latella''
*''Bucculatrix latviaella''
*''Bucculatrix lavaterella''
*''Bucculatrix lenis''
*''Bucculatrix leptalea''
*''Bucculatrix litigiosella''
*''Bucculatrix locuples''
*''Bucculatrix longispiralis''
*''Bucculatrix longula''
*''Bucculatrix lovtsovae''
*''Bucculatrix loxoptila''
*''Bucculatrix lustrella''
*''Bucculatrix lutaria''
*''Bucculatrix luteella''
*''Bucculatrix magnella''
*''Bucculatrix makabana''
*''Bucculatrix malivorella''
*''Bucculatrix maritima''
*''Bucculatrix mehadiensis''
*''Bucculatrix melipecta''
*''Bucculatrix mellita''
*''Bucculatrix mendax''
*''Bucculatrix mesoporphyra''
*''Bucculatrix micropunctata''
*''Bucculatrix mirnae''
*''Bucculatrix monelpis''
*''Bucculatrix montana''
*''Bucculatrix muraseae''
*''Bucculatrix myricae''
*''Bucculatrix nebulosa''
*''Bucculatrix needhami''
*''Bucculatrix nepalica''
*''Bucculatrix nigricomella''
*''Bucculatrix nigripunctella''
*''Bucculatrix nigrovalvata''
*''Bucculatrix niveella''
*''Bucculatrix noltei''
*''Bucculatrix nota''
*''Bucculatrix notella''
*''Bucculatrix ochristrigella''
*''Bucculatrix ochrisuffusa''
*''Bucculatrix ochritincta''
*''Bucculatrix ochromeris''
*''Bucculatrix oncota''
*''Bucculatrix oppositella''
*''Bucculatrix orophilella''
*''Bucculatrix packardella''
*''Bucculatrix paliuricola''
*''Bucculatrix pallidula''
*''Bucculatrix pannonica''
*''Bucculatrix parasimilis''
*''Bucculatrix paroptila''
*''Bucculatrix parthenica''
*''Bucculatrix parvinotata''
*''Bucculatrix pectinella''
*''Bucculatrix pectinifera''
*''Bucculatrix perfixa''
*''Bucculatrix pertusella''
*''Bucculatrix phagnalella''
*''Bucculatrix platyphylla''
*''Bucculatrix plucheae''
*''Bucculatrix polymniae''
*''Bucculatrix polytita''
*''Bucculatrix pomifoliella''
*''Bucculatrix porthmis''
*''Bucculatrix praecipua''
*''Bucculatrix pseudosylvella''
*''Bucculatrix ptochastis''
*''Bucculatrix pyrenaica''
*''Bucculatrix pyrivorella''
*''Bucculatrix quadrigemina''
*''Bucculatrix quieta''
*''Bucculatrix quinquenotella''
*''Bucculatrix ramallahensis''
*''Bucculatrix ratisbonensis''
*''Bucculatrix recognita''
*''Bucculatrix regaella''
*''Bucculatrix rhamniella''
*''Bucculatrix ruficoma''
*''Bucculatrix saccharata''
*''Bucculatrix sagax''
*''Bucculatrix salutatoria''
*''Bucculatrix sanaaensis''
*''Bucculatrix santolinella''
*''Bucculatrix seneciensis''
*''Bucculatrix seorsa''
*''Bucculatrix separabilis''
*''Bucculatrix serratella''
*''Bucculatrix sexnotata''
*''Bucculatrix similis''
*''Bucculatrix simulans''
*''Bucculatrix sinevi''
*''Bucculatrix solidaginiella''
*''Bucculatrix sororcula''
*''Bucculatrix speciosa''
*''Bucculatrix spectabilis''
*''Bucculatrix sphaeralceae''
*''Bucculatrix splendida''
*''Bucculatrix sporobolella''
*''Bucculatrix staintonella''
*''Bucculatrix statica''
*''Bucculatrix stictopus''
*''Bucculatrix subnitens''
*''Bucculatrix taeniola''
*''Bucculatrix tanymorpha''
*''Bucculatrix telavivella''
*''Bucculatrix tenebricosa''
*''Bucculatrix tetanota''
*''Bucculatrix tetradymiae''
*''Bucculatrix thoracella''
*''Bucculatrix thurberiella''
*''Bucculatrix transversata''
*''Bucculatrix transversella''
*''Bucculatrix tridenticola''
*''Bucculatrix trifasciella''
*''Bucculatrix tsurubamella''
*''Bucculatrix tubulosa''
*''Bucculatrix ulmella''
*''Bucculatrix ulmicola''
*''Bucculatrix ulmifoliae''
*''Bucculatrix ulocarena''
*''Bucculatrix unipuncta''
*''Bucculatrix univoca''
*''Bucculatrix ussurica''
*''Bucculatrix varia''
*''Bucculatrix variabilis''
*''Bucculatrix verax''
*''Bucculatrix viguierae''
*''Bucculatrix wittnebeni''
*''Bucculatrix xanthophylla''
*''Bucculatrix xenaula''
*''Bucculatrix yemenitica''
*''Bucculatrix zizyphella''
*''Bucculatrix zophopasta''
Status unclear
*''Bucculatrix acerifolia''
Heinrich, 1937 (described from Germany)
*''Bucculatrix acerifoliae''
Heinrich, 1937 (described from Switzerland)
*''Bucculatrix auripicta''
Matsumura, 1931 (described from Japan)
*''Bucculatrix helianthemi'' (=''Dichomeris helianthemi''?) (recorded food plant: ''Helianthemum, Helianthemum sessiliflorum'')
*''Bucculatrix imitatella''
Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
*''Bucculatrix turatii''
Standfuss, 1887 (recorded food plant: ''Paliurus aculeatus'')
References
External links
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Bucculatricidae,
Monotypic Lepidoptera taxa
Moth families
Leaf miners
Taxa named by Philipp Christoph Zeller