''Bucculatrix hamaboella'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
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, bein ...
. It was described by Shigeki Kobayashi, Toshiya Hirowatari and Hiroshi Kuroko in 2009. It is found in
Japan (Honshu).
A revision of the Japanese species of the family Bucculatricidae (Lepidoptera)
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References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Bucculatricidae
Moths described in 2009
Moths of Japan
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