''Bucculatrix pectinifera'' is a
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 ...
in the family
Bucculatricidae
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, bei ...
. It is found in the
Jewish Autonomous Oblast
The Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO) is a federal subject of Russia in the far east of the country, bordering Khabarovsk Krai and Amur Oblast in Russia and Heilongjiang province in China. Its administrative center is the town of Birobidzhan.
...
of
Russia
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.
[ 2007: Two new Palaearctic species of the genus ''Bucculatrix'' (Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae). ''Zoosystematica Rossica'' 16(2): 285-288.] The species was described in 2007 by Svetlana Vladimirovna Baryshnikova.
References
Bucculatricidae
Moths described in 2007
Moths of Asia
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