Bucculatrix luteella

Bucculatrix luteella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Bucculatricidae
Genus:	Bucculatrix
Species:	B. luteella
Binomial name
Bucculatrix luteella Chambers, 1873[1]

Bucculatrix luteella is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described in 1873 by Vactor Tousey Chambers. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Kentucky, Ohio, Iowa, Maine, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., North Carolina and South Carolina.

The wingspan is 5–6 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to September.

The larvae feed on Quercus alba and Quercus macrocarpa.^[2]

References

1. mothphotographersgroup
2. The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera)

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog