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Bucculatrix ivella

330035.00 — 0517 — Bucculatrix ivella Busck, 1900
Pupa

Larval Host(s)

Presumed main host
on Block Island:

Known hosts:
Baccharis halimifolia

Baccharis halimifolia

Remarks

One of two species, the other being Aristotelia ivae, described by Busck (1900) from material reared by Harrison Dyar and named for the supposed host plant, marsh elder (Iva frutescens). Both in fact feed on eastern baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia), which is superfically similar to I. frutescens and often cooccurs with it in salt marshes. Both were found to be highly host-specific in a study of their potential as biocontrols of baccharis in Australia, though marsh elder was not one of the plants tested (Diatloff & Palmer, 1988).

References

  • Species Page at Moth Photographers Group
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Braun, A.F., 1963. The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 18: 81.
  • Busck, A., 1900. New species of moths of the superfamily Tineina from Florida. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 23(1208): 243.
  • Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
  • Species Page at BugGuide
  • Diatloff G. & W.A. Palmer, 1988. The host specificity and biology of Aristotelia ivae Busck (Gelechiidae) and Lorita baccharivora Pogue (Tortricidae), two microlepidoptera selected as biological control agents for Baccharis halimifolia (Asteraceae) in Australia. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 90(4): 458–461
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    Adult phenology on Block Island of Bucculatrix ivella

    Abundance data late May to early October