| Bucculatrix thurberiella | |
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| onGossypium thurberi | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. thurberiella |
| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix thurberiella Busck, 1914 | |
Bucculatrix thurberiella, thecotton leaf perforator, is aspecies ofmoth of the familyBucculatricidae. It was first described byAugust Busck in 1914. It is native to the south-westernUnited States and northernMexico. It is an introduced species inHawaii.
Thelarvae feed onGossypium tomentosum andThurberia thespesioides. Theymine the leaves of their host plant.
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