Bucculatrix platyphylla

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

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

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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