Bucculatrix niveella
Bucculatrix niveella is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Texas and Maine. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1875.
| Bucculatrix niveella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. niveella |
| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix niveella | |
The forewings are snow white, very faintly tinged with yellowish on the front of the tuft and in the apical part, with a few scattered brown scales in the costal cilia and two distinct dark brown hinder marginal lines in the dorsal cilia.[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August.
References
- "Moth Photographers Group – Bucculatrix niveella – 0491". mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
- "Full text of "Memoirs of the American Entomological Society" – The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera)". archive.org. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
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