Biology:Gelechia albisparsella
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Gelechia |
Species: | G. albisparsella
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Binomial name | |
Gelechia albisparsella (Chambers, 1872)
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Gelechia albisparsella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Illinois, Indiana , Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts , Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee .[1][2]
The wingspan is about 15 mm.[3] Adults are dark brown, the forewings faintly suffused with ochreous and sparsely and indistinctly sprinkled with white scales, which at the beginning of the costal cilia become a little more distinct, forming a narrow, clouded whitish fascia pointing a little obliquely backwards. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.[4]
The larvae feed on Platanus occidentalis. They skeletonize the leaves of their host plant.[5]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q13640764 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelechia albisparsella.
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