Recurvaria consimilis

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Recurvaria consimilis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Recurvaria
Species:
R. consimilis
Binomial name
Recurvaria consimilis
Braun, 1930 [1]

Recurvaria consimilis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia. [2] [3]

The wingspan is about 8.5–9.5 mm. The forewings are black, with scattered bluish white scales and a black spot near the base of the dorsum, a minute patch of raised black scales at the base of the fold and three larger such patches in a row, the first two below the fold, the third above, each edged behind with bluish white scales, and a fourth smaller patch just beyond the dorsal arm of the fascia. Above the second of the row is a smaller similar patch and there are also black spots on the costa at the basal third, the middle and two-thirds. The third inwardly margins a narrow sinuate white fascia on the costa. The hindwings are silvery grey, deeper toward the apex. [1]

The larvae feed on Ceanothus americanus . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts half-depth and runs longitudinally alongside the mid-vein of the leaf. The larva then makes a full-depth mine that runs towards the lateral leaf margin and later runs from the lateral tracks toward the apex of the leaf. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Braun, Annette F. (1930). "Notes and New Species of Microlepidoptera from the Mineral Springs Region of Adams County, Ohio". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 56 (1): 5–6. JSTOR   25077235.
  2. ↑ Recurvaria at funet
  3. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  4. ↑ Bug Guide


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