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Bucculatrix immaculatella Chambers
1875. Bucculatrix immaculatella Chambers, Canad. Ent. VII : 54. Type locality, Texas ( ? Bosque County).
1877. Bucculatrix immaculatella Chambers, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. of Terr. Ill: 141. 77
The type of B. immaculatella could be found neither in the Museum of Comparative Zoology nor in the United States National Museum. Chambers thus briefly characterized the species : " No tongue ? Silvery white, immaculate. Al. ex. tV inch. Season, May." Again in describing B. albclla Chambers (not Stainton), he writes: "Also resembles B. immaculatella, Cham, from Texas, but is smaller, and immaculatella has no dusting on the wings."
It is possible that B. immaculatella is an immaculate form of B. staintonclla, and if so, the name immaculatella would have priority; however for the present, it bad best be regarded as an unrecognized species.
- bibliographic citation
- Braun, A.F. 1963. The Genus Bucculatrix in America North of Mexico (Microlepidoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society vol. 18. Philadelphia, USA
Bucculatrix immaculatella: Brief Summary
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Bucculatrix immaculatella is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maine and New Hampshire. It was described in 1875 by Vactor Tousey Chambers.
Adults have been recorded on wing in from June to July.
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