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Bucculatrix flexuosa

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

Bucculatrix flexuosa is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. The species was described in 1897 by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham. It is found in the West Indies.[1]

The larvae feed on Acacia nilotica.

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Bucculatrix flexuosa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 27, 2018.