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Bucculatrix eclecta

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

Bucculatrix eclecta is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Ontario, New York, Maine and Indiana. It is also found in Russia. It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1963.

The wingspan is 6.5–7 mm. The forewings are creamy white and dusted with ocherous brown-tipped scales. The hindwings are pale stramineous, with a faint reddish fuscous tinge toward the apex. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to June.

The larvae feed on Ulmus pumila.[2]

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