Bucculatrix evanescens

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

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

The wingspan is 5.8–7 mm. The forewings are creamy white with a faint yellowish shade along the basal half of the costa and a small black dot at the end of the cell and a few minute black specks in the cilia. The hindwings are creamy white. Adults have been recorded on wing in April.[2]

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