Bucculatrix gossypii

Bucculatrix gossypii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species: B. gossypii
Binomial name
Bucculatrix gossypii
Turner, 1926

Bucculatrix gossypii is a moth of the Bucculatricidae family. It is found in Queensland, Australia.

The larvae are considered a minor pest, since they feed on the foliage of Gossypium hirsutum. They initially mine the leaves of their host plant. Later, they eat holes in the leaves. The larvae are white with a black head, and a pair of black dots on each thoracic segment.


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