Biology:Anacampsis conclusella

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Short description: Species of moth

Anacampsis conclusella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anacampsis
Species:
A. conclusella
Binomial name
Anacampsis conclusella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia conclusella Walker, 1864
  • Chambers, 1875 Gelechia grissefasciella

Anacampsis conclusella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Alberta, Florida, Illinois, Indiana , Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee , Texas and West Virginia.[1]

The wingspan is 9 mm.[2] Adults are dark cinereous (ash gray), the forewings very minutely speckled with black and with a pale cinereous transverse line at two-thirds of the length, forming two angles. There are three black costal marks, the first and second small and elongate and the third much larger, extending to the disc. A submarginal line of elongated black points, and a few small elongated black points is found in the disc and the exterior border is slightly convex, moderately oblique.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13367539 entry