Symmetrischema lavernella

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Symmetrischema lavernella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Symmetrischema
Species:
S. lavernella
Binomial name
Symmetrischema lavernella
(Chambers, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia lavernellaChambers, 1874
  • Gelechia physalivorellaChambers, 1875

Symmetrischema lavernella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1874. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded Missouri, Texas, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire and the District of Columbia. [1] [2]

The forewings are gray, with the base of the costal margin dark brown, and from it a narrow, oblique, dark brown streak crosses the wing to the dorsal margin, in its course crossing almost at right angles an indistinct brown line which proceeds from a brown spot on the costal margin, and passes obliquely forwards nearly to the base of the wing. At the intersection of the lines, the brown spreads around them, forming another spot. These lines are irregular, and in some parts indistinct and behind the lines, the wing is densely dusted with fuscous to the tip. [3]

The larvae feed on the flower buds and fruit of Physalis species. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Symmetrischema Povolný, 1967". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Moth Photographers Group". Mississippi State University.
  3. ↑ "The Canadian Entomologist". Vol. 6, no. 12. p. 242.PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. ↑ Cruz Maysonet, Stephanie (1 August 2014). "Mechanisms Maintaining Two Feeding Strategies in the Moth Symmetrischema lavernella". doi: 10.18130/V3VQ22 .{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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