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Bucculatrix parthenica

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Bucculatrix parthenica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. parthenica
Binomial name
Bucculatrix parthenica
Bradley, 1990

Bucculatrix parthenica is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It is native to Mexico, but was released in Queensland, Australia, as a biological control agent for Parthenium weeds. It was described by John David Bradley in 1990.

The wingspan is about 5 mm.

The larvae feed on Parthenium hysterophorus.

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