Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Bucculatricidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Bucculatrix | |
Bucculatrix paliuricola is a moth in the Bucculatricidae family. It was described by Kuznetzov in 1960. It is found in Turkmenistan and Ukraine.
The larvae feed on Paliurus spina-christi. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a short corridor, which widens into a blotch. In the corridor, the frass is deposited in a broad line. Older larvae live freely on the leaf, causing window feeding.
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