Stegasta capitella, the teaweed moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in West Indies[1] and the south-eastern United States, where it has been recorded from Florida, Georgia and Texas.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Stegasta |
| Species: | S. capitella
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| Binomial name | |
| Stegasta capitella (Fabricius, 1794)
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The length of the forewings is about 4 mm. Adults are on wing from February to August and in October and December in Florida.
The larvae feed on peanut and Sida spinosa.[3]
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