Gnorimoschema octomaculella

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Gnorimoschema octomaculella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Gnorimoschema
Species:
G. octomaculella
Binomial name
Gnorimoschema octomaculella
(Chambers, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia octomaculellaChambers, 1875

Gnorimoschema octomaculella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1875. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California and Washington. [1] [2]

The forewings have a brown spot on the dorsal margin near the base, which is brownish, and also a large rust-red spot on the disc before the middle which touches a brown costal spot placed just before it. There is another rusty-red spot at the end of the disc, and a rather dense small patch of dusting before the costal cilia, and one also before the dorsal cilia. The hindwings are pale grayish fuscus. [3]

The larvae feed on Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus .

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Gnorimoschema Busck, 1900". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. ↑ Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science 2 (4): 291 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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