Bruceia pulverina

Bruceia pulverina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Bruceia
Species: B. pulverina
Binomial name
Bruceia pulverina
Neumögen, 1893[1]

Bruceia pulverina is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Neumögen in 1893. It is found from southern British Columbia and north-western Idaho, south through the Rocky Mountain states to the Mexico border and from southern Arizona to western Texas.[2]

The length of the forewings is about 11 mm. The forewings are light yellow tan with powdery dark grey brown markins. The hindwings are translucent pale yellow grey. Adults have been recorded on wing from mid-July to mid-September.

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