Bucculatrix anaticula
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. anaticula
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Bucculatrix anaticula is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Ontario and Kentucky. It was first described in 1963 by Annette Frances Braun.
The wingspan is 7-7.5 mm. The forewings are chalky white, more or less obscured by a dusting of fuscous-tipped. The hindwings are shining pearly white, or faintly greyish ocherous tinged in males. Adults have been recorded on wing from July to August.
The larvae feed on Ceanothus americanus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a fine linear mine. Pupation takes place in a white cocoon.[2]
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