Gnorimoschema semicyclionella

Gnorimoschema semicyclionella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Gnorimoschema
Species:	G. semicyclionella
Binomial name
Gnorimoschema semicyclionella Busck, 1903

Gnorimoschema semicyclionella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1903. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Colorado, Oregon, Wyoming and New Mexico. ^{[1] [2]}

The wingspan is 12–14 mm. The forewings are white with a faint reddish tint, thickly sprinkled with minute bluish black atoms, each scale being tipped with black. Near the base of the wing is a clear, light chocolate brown patch and before the middle of the wing is a large chocolate brown semicircular costal spot, reaching down over the fold and edged with lighter brown and white below and with pure white toward the brown basal area. Following and adjoining this costal spot is another smaller and less well-defined semicircular brown costal spot, and toward the tip in the middle of the wing is an obscure brown patch. The hindwings are light silvery grey, darker along the costa and toward the tip. ^[3]

References

1. "Gnorimoschema Busck, 1900" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
2. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
3. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25 (1304): 828 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .