Isophrictis actiella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae, described by William Barnes and August Busck in 1920. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California.[1][2]

Isophrictis actiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Isophrictis
Species:
I. actiella
Binomial name
Isophrictis actiella
Barnes & Busck, 1920

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are dark brownish fuscous with a greenish sheen and a broad longitudinal spindle-shaped white streak on the middle of the wing from the base to the end of the cell. There is an outwardly oblique white costal streak before the cilia, meeting a similar opposite dorsal streak in a sharp angle. Three white costal dashes and five nearly confluent dorsal pencils are found beyond these first streaks and there is a deep black basal line at the base of the apical cilia. The hindwings are silvery fuscous.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Isophrictis Meyrick, 1917". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  2. ^ "420602.00 – 1688 – Isophrictis actiella – Barnes & Busck, 1920". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  3. ^ Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 4 (3): 224   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.