| Bucculatricidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
| Clade: | Eulepidoptera |
| Clade: | Ditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Gracillarioidea |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae Wallengren, 1881 |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix Zeller, 1839 |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 1–3 genera and 297 species | |
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Bucculatricidae or (Bucculatrigidae) is a family ofmoths. This small family has representatives in all parts of the world. Some authors place the group as a subfamily of the familyLyonetiidae.
Adults of this family are easily overlooked, being very small with narrow wings wrapped around the body at rest. When small, thelarvae areleaf-miners, forming distinctive brown blotches on leaves. When larger, they usually feed on the leaves externally. Many species have specific host plants. Thepupal cases have distinctive longitudinal ridges, leading to members of the family commonly being calledribbed cocoon makers.
Some authors recognize just a single large genus,Bucculatrix, although twoAustralian genera,Cryphioxena and thescribbly gum moths (Ogmograptis spp.) are now sometimes placed in this family rather than inElachistidae.[2][3]
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