Bucculatrix caribbea is a moth species in the family Bucculatricidae and was first described in 2002 by Donald R. Davis and Bernard Landry. It is found on the island of Cozumel (Mexico) and Glovers Reef in Belize, but it is probably widespread along coastal areas in many parts of the Caribbean region.

Bucculatrix caribbea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. caribbea
Binomial name
Bucculatrix caribbea
Davis & Landry, 2002

The length of the forewings is 2–2.3 mm.

The larvae feed on Cordia sebestena. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[1]

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