Bucculatrix platyphylla
Bucculatrix platyphylla is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1963 and is found in North America, where it has been recorded from New York.
| Bucculatrix platyphylla | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bucculatricidae |
| Genus: | Bucculatrix |
| Species: | B. platyphylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Bucculatrix platyphylla | |
The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are pale straw-colour, the marks formed by ocherous brown-tipped scales. The hindwings are pale greyish ocherous, somewhat irrorated.[2]
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