''Bucculatrix armeniaca'' 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 is found in

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

and the southern part of European

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

. The species was first described by G. Deschka in 1992. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...

is 7.6-7.8 mm.DESCHKA, G. (1992): Blattminierende Lepidopteren aus dem Nahen und Mittleren Osten VI. Teil: Bucculatrix armeniaca sp. n. aus Russisch-Armenien (Lepidoptera, Lyonetiidae). — Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 44 (1/2): 17-2

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References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Moths described in 1992 Bucculatricidae Moths of Europe {{Gracillarioidea-stub