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Bucculatrix spectabilis

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Bucculatrix spectabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. spectabilis
Binomial name
Bucculatrix spectabilis
Braun, 1963[1]

Bucculatrix spectabilis is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae first described by Annette Frances Braun in 1963. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona.

The wingspan is about 7.5 mm. The forewings are dull white, the basal half sparsely dusted with black-tipped brownish scales. The hindwings are gray.[2]

References

  1. ^ "330058.00 – 0539 – Bucculatrix spectabilis – Braun, 1963". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  2. ^ Braun, Annette F. (May 31, 1963). Harold J. Grant Jr. (ed.). "The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. Retrieved April 23, 2014 – via Internet Archive.