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Bucculatrix brunnescens

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

Bucculatrix brunnescens is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maine and South Dakota. It was described in 1963 by Annette Frances Braun.

The wingspan is 6.5 mm. The forewings are whitish with a slight ocherous tinge and dusted with scattered brownish ocherous scales. The hindwings are pale greyish, faintly ocherous tinged. Adults have been recorded on wing in July.[2]

References

  1. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ^ The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera)


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