Bucculatrix gossypina

Bucculatrix gossypina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species: B. gossypina
Binomial name
Bucculatrix gossypina
Ghesquière, 1940

Bucculatrix gossypina is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Jean Ghesquière in 1940. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]

Bucculatrix gossypina larvae feed on Gossypium species.

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Bucculatrix gossypina Ghesquière, 1940". Afromoths. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.


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