Bucculatrix agilis

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Bucculatrix agilis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bucculatricidae
Genus: Bucculatrix
Species:
B. agilis
Binomial name
Bucculatrix agilis
Meyrick, 1920

Bucculatrix agilis is a moth species in the family Bucculatricidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1920 and is found in South Africa. [1]

It has been recorded feeding on Acacia horrida .[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. "Bucculatrix agilis Meyrick, 1920". AfroMoths. Belgian Biodiversity Platform. Retrieved 2014-04-22.