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Bucculatrix evanescens

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

Bucculatrix evanescens 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 1963 by Annette Frances Braun.

The wingspan is 5.8–7 mm. The forewings are creamy white with a faint yellowish shade along the basal half of the costa and a small black dot at the end of the cell and a few minute black specks in the cilia. The hindwings are creamy white. Adults have been recorded on wing in April.[2]

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