Gnorimoschema octomaculella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1875. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California and Washington.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Gnorimoschema |
| Species: | G. octomaculella
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| Binomial name | |
| Gnorimoschema octomaculella (Chambers, 1875)
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The forewings have a brown spot on the dorsal margin near the base, which is brownish, and also a large rust-red spot on the disc before the middle which touches a brown costal spot placed just before it. There is another rusty-red spot at the end of the disc, and a rather dense small patch of dusting before the costal cilia, and one also before the dorsal cilia. The hindwings are pale grayish fuscus.[3]
The larvae feed on Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus.
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Gnorimoschema Busck, 1900". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
- ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- ^ Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science 2 (4): 291
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