Bucculatrix micropunctata

Bucculatrix micropunctata is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded in California. It was described in 1963 by Annette Frances Braun.

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

The wingspan is 8 mm. The forewings are white, marked with two longitudinal lines of black dots and groups of very pale ocherous brown-tipped scales, with pale-grey hindwings.[2]

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