Bucculatrix lovtsovae

Bucculatrix lovtsovae is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Svetlana Vladimirovna Baryshnikova in 2013. It is found in the Russian Far East (Primorsky).

Bucculatrix lovtsovae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. lovtsovae
Binomial name
Bucculatrix lovtsovae
Baryshnikova, 2013

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are white, irregularly covered with beige scales mixed with darker scales at the base near the costal margin and in the outer field. The hindwings are grey.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Yuliya Aleksandrovna Lovtsova, a Russian lepidopterologist who collected the species.[1]

References
  1. Baryshnikova, S.V., 2013: A new remarkable species of the genus Bucculatrix (Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae) from the Primorsky Territory (Russian Far East). Zoosystematica Rossica, 22 (1): 111-113. Full article: .


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