Global InformationBucculatrix frigida information
| Bucculatrix frigida | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. frigida
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| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix frigida Deschka, 1992[1]
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Bucculatrix frigida is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the northern Rocky Mountains (Alberta) and central Alaska. It was described by G. Deschka in 1992.
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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- ^ Deschka, G., 1992: Bucculatrix frigida sp. nov. aus der borealen Nearktis Lepidoptera, Lyonetiidae. Entomofauna, 1333: 545-551