Bucculatrix hagnopis

Bucculatrix hagnopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species: B. hagnopis
Binomial name
Bucculatrix hagnopis
Meyrick, 1930

Bucculatrix hagnopis is a moth in the Bucculatricidae family. It is found in India.[1]

The wingspan is about 7 mm. The forewings are white with a rather thick light fuscous streak throughout, speckled dark fuscous, narrow towards base. There is a light fuscous tornal spot, more or less edged anteriorly with black irroration. There is also a pre-apical spot of fuscous and black speckling, extended into the apical projection. The hindwings are whitish-grey.[2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Bucculatrix hagnopis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  2. Exotic Microlep. 4: 7


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