Moth Photographers Group – Genitalia – 330069 – 0549

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North American Lepidoptera Genitalia Library

Bucculatricidae

330069 – 0549 – Bucculatrix packardella Chambers, 1873

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Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
Braun, A.F., 1963. The genus Bucculatrix in America north of Mexico (Microlepidoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 18: 129.
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at Mass Moths

Adult - © Tom Murray -

Genitalia - © Anthony W. Thomas

Higher resolution Genitalia Plate with EXIF and collection data at Tom Murray's PBase Gallery.

- © JoAnne Russo

On the intersegmental membrane ventral to ostium, an arch of dark specialized scales, the scale-mass densest and broadest laterally, in mid-ventral line slightly emarginate; a small sclerotized plate posterior to ostium; ductus bursae long, with sclerotized strips bearing scattered teeth (Braun, 1963)

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