Trypanisma prudens

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Trypanisma prudens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Trypanisma
Species:
T. prudens
Binomial name
Trypanisma prudens
Clemens, 1860
Synonyms
  • Gelechia quinqueannulellaChambers, 1872
  • Trypanisma fagellaBusck, 1903

Trypanisma prudens is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Tennessee. [1] [2]

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are yellowish white, but thickly suffused with black and gray scales, so that the wings look light gray to the naked eye. At the middle of the cell is a circular group of dense black scales, followed by a patch of yellow, with only slight dark sprinkling. At the beginning of costal cilia is a nearly black large outwardly directed streak, and on the dorsal side opposite a small corresponding black patch. These black markings are edged broadly on the outside with unsprinkled yellow. The hindwings are light silvery grey.

The larvae feed on Quercus and Fagus species. Pupation takes place in a slight web on the underside of a leaf, which is drawn into a shallow fold. [3]

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References

  1. "Species Search Results for Trypanisma". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  2. Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.
  3. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25 (1304): 816 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .