Bucculatrix albertiella Busck, 1909 is a animal in the Bucculatricidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Bucculatrix albertiella Busck, 1909

Bucculatrix albertiella Busck, 1909

Oak-ribbed skeletonizer (Bucculatrix albertiella) is a moth found on the US west coast whose larvae feed on oak species.

Genus
Bucculatrix
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Bucculatrix albertiella Busck, 1909

Bucculatrix albertiella, commonly known as the oak-ribbed skeletonizer, is a species of moth in the family Bucculatricidae. Its scientific name was formally described by August Busck, with the species authority cited as Busck, 1909, and it was first published in 1910. This moth is found along the west coast of the United States. Adults have a wingspan of 8 to 9 millimeters. The larvae of this species feed on plants belonging to the Quercus (oak) genus.

Photo: (c) Henrik Kibak, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Henrik Kibak · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Bucculatricidae Bucculatrix

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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