Bucculatrix fugitans

Bucculatrix fugitans is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Ohio, Massachusetts and Maine. It was described in 1930 by Annette Frances Braun.

Bucculatrix fugitans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. fugitans
Binomial name
Bucculatrix fugitans
Braun, 1930[1]

Adults have been recorded on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on Corylus americana and possibly Corylus cornuta. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]

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