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Bucculatrix formosa

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Bucculatrix formosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. formosa
Binomial name
Bucculatrix formosa
Puplesis & Seksjaeva, 1992

Bucculatrix formosa is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in the Kugitangtau Mountains in Turkmenistan. It was described in 1992 by Rimantas Puplesis and Svetlana Seksjaeva.

The length of the forewings is 2.1-2.7 mm. The forewings are covered with a mixture of creamish-white and brown or brownish scales. There are two or three dark brown, irregular spots and some irregular, creamish-white areas. The hindwings are creamish-white. Adults have been recorded on wing from August to September.[1]

References

  1. ^ Bucculatrix formosa sp.n., a remarkable species from the Kugitangtau Mountains (Central Asia) (Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae)
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