Gelechia anarsiella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Colorado.[1][2]
| Gelechia anarsiella | |
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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. anarsiella
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| Binomial name | |
| Gelechia anarsiella Chambers, 1877
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There are two or three microscopic whitish specks or white scales scattered over the wings, and the cilia are pale-grey, dusted with dark grey or blackish scales. The hindwings are of a bluish smoky hue.[3]
The larvae feed on Ceanothus species, spinning a delicate web over the leaf it is feeding on, hiding in a silken tube in a folded leaf or between leaves. The larvae are green, faintly brownish shaded to the spiracles, then clear green. The head is shining black.[4]
References
edit- ^ Gelechia at funet
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. 3 : 126
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- ^ Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 25 (1304) : 874 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
