Bucculatrix gossypiella
| Bucculatrix gossypiella | |
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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. gossypiella
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| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix gossypiella Morrill, 1927[1]
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Bucculatrix gossypiella is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Mexico. The species was described in 1927 by A. W. Morrill.
The wingspan is 5–8 mm. The forewings are white with black and light brown scale markings. The hindwings are ochreous white.
The larvae feed on cotton. They bore in the woody or hard tissue of the host plant, such as stalks, branches, leaf petioles and larger leaf veins as well as in the leaf blades and bracts.[2]
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