Bucculatrix thurberiella

Bucculatrix thurberiella, the cotton leaf perforator, is a species of moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It was first described by August Busck in 1914. It is native to the south-western United States and northern Mexico. It is an introduced species in Hawaii.

Bucculatrix thurberiella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Bucculatricidae
Genus:	Bucculatrix
Species:	B. thurberiella
Binomial name
Bucculatrix thurberiella Busck, 1914

The wingspan is 7–9 mm.^{[1] [2]}

The larvae feed on Gossypium tomentosum and Thurberia thespesioides. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

1. Braun, Annette F. (1963). The Genus Bucculatrix in America North of Mexico (Microlepidoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society Number 18. American Entomological Society.^{[page needed]}
2. Nicholls, Charles Jonathan (1999). Reproductive biology of butterflies and moths (Thesis).^{[page needed]}

Further reading

• Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Volume 9, Microlepidoptera. hdl:10125/7338. OCLC 652891775.