Bucculatrix seneciensis is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California. It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1963.
Bucculatrix seneciensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Bucculatricidae |
Genus: | Bucculatrix |
Species: | B. seneciensis
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Binomial name | |
Bucculatrix seneciensis |
Adults have been recorded on wing in November.
The larvae feed on Senecio species. They probably bore the stem of their host plant.[2]
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