Bucculatrix coniforma

Bucculatrix coniforma is a species of moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Massachusetts. It was described in 1963 by Annette Frances Braun.

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

Its wingspan is about 7.5 mm. The forewings are creamy white, obscured by dusting of ocherous- or dark-brown-tipped scales. The hindwings are fuscous. Legs pale whitish ocherous, shaded with fuscous, tarsal segments broadly blackish-tipped.[2]

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