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Bucculatrix ochristrigella

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Bucculatrix ochristrigella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. ochristrigella
Binomial name
Bucculatrix ochristrigella
Braun, 1910[1]

Bucculatrix ochristrigella is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California. It was first described in 1910 by Annette Frances Braun.

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are creamy white marked with pale ocherous spots and streaks. The hindwings are pale ocherous in females and sometimes greyish in males. Adults have been recorded on wing in April.[2]

Larvae have been reared on Madia gracilis.[3]

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