Gelechia albisparsella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee.[1][2]
| Gelechia albisparsella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Gelechia |
| Species: | G. albisparsella
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| Binomial name | |
| Gelechia albisparsella (Chambers, 1872)
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The wingspan is about 15 mm.[3] Adults are dark brown, the forewings faintly suffused with ochreous and sparsely and indistinctly sprinkled with white scales, which at the beginning of the costal cilia become a little more distinct, forming a narrow, clouded whitish fascia pointing a little obliquely backwards.[4]
The larvae feed on Platanus occidentalis. They skeletonize the leaves of their host plant.[5]
References
edit- ^ Gelechia at funet
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America
- ^ Can. Ent. 4 (5): 92
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- ^ Bug Guide
