Pseudotelphusa betulella

Pseudotelphusa betulella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Pseudotelphusa
Species:	P. betulella
Binomial name
Pseudotelphusa betulella (Busck, 1903)
Synonyms [1]
Telphusa betulellaBusck, 1903

Pseudotelphusa betulella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maine, Virginia, the District of Columbia and Mississippi. ^{[2] [3]}

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are silvery white suffused irregularly with drab scales, especially below the fold and in the apical part. The extreme base of the costa is black and there is a small dark drab costal spot at the middle of the wing. Near the base of the wing, just below the costa, is a large tuft of raised scales and there are similar smaller tufts of raised scales on the middle of the fold, at the end of the disc and beyond the disc. These are not very conspicuous and of the general colour of the wing. The hindwings are light silvery grey.

The larvae feed on Betula nigra . ^[4]

References

1. "Pseudotelphusa betulella (Busck, 1903)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 8 January 2026.
2. Pseudotelphusa at funet
3. mothphotographersgroup
4. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 25 (1304) : 787 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .