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The larval host is Eastern Baccharis.
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The leaf mine of a larval Bucculatrix ivella on Eastern Baccharis in Baltimore City, Maryland (7/24/2013).
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Bucculatrix ivella in Charles Co., Maryland (9/9/2023). (c) Deborah Barber, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Bucculatrix ivella in Charles Co., Maryland (9/9/2023). (c) Deborah Barber, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Source: Wikipedia
| Bucculatrix ivella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. ivella
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| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix ivella Busck, 1900
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Bucculatrix ivella (the groundsel leaf-perforator moth or groundsel leaf-mining moth) is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It was described in 1900 by August Busck. It is native to North America, but has been introduced to Queensland, Australia.
The larvae feed on Baccharis halimifolia and Baccharis neglecta.
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