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Bucculatrix montana

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Bucculatrix montana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. montana
Binomial name
Bucculatrix montana
Braun, 1920[1]

Bucculatrix montana is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1920 and is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Ontario, Nova Scotia, Indiana, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Maine, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Georgia.

The wingspan is 10.5–13 mm. The forewings are white, marked with ocherous, more or less fuscous dusted, or sometimes with dark fuscous. The hindwings are pale fuscous. Adults are on wing from June to August.[2]

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