Anacampsis tephriasella

Anacampsis tephriasella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1872. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Kentucky and Maine.[1][2]

Anacampsis tephriasella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anacampsis
Species:
A. tephriasella
Binomial name
Anacampsis tephriasella
(Chambers, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia tephriasella Chambers, 1872

The forewings are pale gray, about equally intermixed with white, becoming gradually darker gray and fuscous towards the tip, each of the darker scales tipped with white. There is a small, very oblique white streak or spot on the costa, just behind the middle, and at the beginning of the costal cilia the wing is crossed by a narrow white fascia. An indistinct fuscous hinder marginal line or row of spots is found at the base of the cilia.[3]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Anacampsis Curtis, 1827". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  2. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. The Canadian Entomologist 4 (4): 68


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