Gelechia albisparsella

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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Gelechia
Species:
G. albisparsella
Binomial name
Gelechia albisparsella
(Chambers, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria albisparsella Chambers, 1872
  • Depressaria fuscoluteella Chambers, 1872
  • Cirrha platanella Chambers, 1872

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]

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