''Bucculatrix acuta'' 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 w ...

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

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

. 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