Biology:Anacampsis fragariella

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Short description: Species of moth

Anacampsis fragariella
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anacampsis
Species:
A. fragariella
Binomial name
Anacampsis fragariella
Busck, 1904

Anacampsis fragariella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1904. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Indiana , Massachusetts , Michigan and Washington (state) .[1][2]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are light whitish brown, the colour somewhat deeper toward the tip than at the base. There is a broad, ill-defined darker, mahogany-brown fascia at the apical third. The hindwings are dark fuscous.

The larvae feed on Fragaria species.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Anacampsis Curtis, 1827" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  2. ↑ Moth Photographers Group
  3. ↑ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 27 (1375): 760 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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