Biology:Anacampsis tephriasella

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Short description: Species of moth

Anacampsis tephriasella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anacampsis
Species:
A. tephriasella
Binomial name
Anacampsis tephriasella
(Chambers, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia tephriasella Chambers, 1872

Anacampsis tephriasella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1872. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Kentucky and Maine.[1][2]

The forewings are pale gray, about equally intermixed with white, becoming gradually darker gray and fuscous towards the tip, each of the darker scales tipped with white. There is a small, very oblique white streak or spot on the costa, just behind the middle, and at the beginning of the costal cilia the wing is crossed by a narrow white fascia. An indistinct fuscous hinder marginal line or row of spots is found at the base of the cilia.[3]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Anacampsis Curtis, 1827". http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/anacampsinae/anacampsis/. Retrieved October 28, 2017. 
  2. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. The Canadian Entomologist 4 (4): 68 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13367634 entry