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]

Stegasta capitella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Stegasta
Species:
S. capitella
Binomial name
Stegasta capitella
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Alucita capitella Fabricius, 1794
  • Ypsolophus capitatus Fabricius, 1798
  • Gelechia robustella Walker, 1864
  • Gelechia rivulella Möschler, 1890

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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