Bucculatrix polytita

Bucculatrix polytita is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Ontario and Quebec. It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1963.

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

The wingspan is 7-7.5 mm. The base of the forewings is pale buff, followed by a band of fuscous-tipped ocherous or dark fuscous scales. The middle third of the wing is occupied by a broad dark band. The hindwings vary from whitish ocherous in females to dark fuscous in males. Adults have been recorded on wing in July.[2]

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