Bucculatrix coniforma

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

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

The wingspan is about 7.5 mm. The forewings are creamy white, obscured by dusting of ocherous- or dark-brown-tipped scales. The hindwings are fuscous. Legs pale whitish ocherous, shaded with fuscous, tarsal segments broadly blackish-tipped.[2]

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