Bucculatrix nigripunctella

Bucculatrix nigripunctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species: B. nigripunctella
Binomial name
Bucculatrix nigripunctella
Braun, 1923[1]

Bucculatrix nigripunctella is a moth in the Bucculatricidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California.

The wingspan is 7.5–8 mm. The forewings are white, with a faint pale greyish straw-coloured suffusion along the middle of the wing nearly to the apex. The wings are marked with black or black-tipped scales. The hindwings are white, with a faint ocherous tinge. Adults have been recorded on wing in July.[2]

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