Gelechia bistrigella

Gelechia bistrigella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Ontario.[1][2]

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

The forewings are dark brown, a little bronzed and with a little ochreous intermixed, especially in two small patches, one of which is just before the middle and the other about the middle of the wing. There is a small whitish costal streak at the beginning of the costal cilia and another at the beginning of the dorsal cilia. The hindwings are pale ochreous with a silvery lustre.[3]

References
  1. Gelechia at funet
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Can. Ent. 4 (5): 92


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