Bucculatrix carolinae

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

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

The wingspan is about 8.4 mm. The forewings are brownish ocherous, darkened along the costa from the base to three-fifths in a gradually widening area. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]

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