''Bucculatrix acuta'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

in the family

Bucculatricidae Bucculatricidae or (Bucculatrigidae) is a family of moths. This small family has representatives in all parts of the world. Some authors place the group as a subfamily of the family Lyonetiidae. Adults of this family are easily overlooked, bei ...

. It was first described by Svetlana Vladimirovna Baryshnikova in 2001, and is found in

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

. 2001: New species of bucculatricid moths from Nepal (Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae). ''Zoosystematica Rossica'' 10(1): 167–170.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Bucculatricidae Moths described in 2001 Moths of Asia {{Gracillarioidea-stub