Bucculatrix frigida

Bucculatrix frigida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species: B. frigida
Binomial name
Bucculatrix frigida
Deschka, 1992[1]

Bucculatrix frigida is a moth in the Bucculatricidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the northern Rocky Mountains (Alberta) and central Alaska.

The length of the forewings is about 3.2 mm. The forewings is light grey.

The larvae feed on Artemisia frigida. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]

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