Theisoa pallidochrella

Theisoa pallidochrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Theisoa
Species:	T. pallidochrella
Binomial name
	Theisoa pallidochrella; (Chambers, 1873)
Synonyms
	Helice pallidochrella Chambers, 1873; Gelechia gleditschiaeella Chambers, 1878; Cacelice permolestella Busck, 1902;

Theisoa pallidochrella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1873. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Kentucky and Illinois.^[1]^[2]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are light reddish gray, minutely dusted with dark purplish-fuscous scales. Near the base is an inconspicuous, small, dark, bronzy-brown, costal dot. At the basal third is a large transverse dark bronzy-brown costal spot, reaching down across the fold. At about the apical third is a smaller concolorous costal spot and the tip of the wing has the dark scales collected into ill-defined transverse spots or streaks. The hindwings are shining, dark fuscous.^[3]

References

^ Savela, Markku. "Theisoa Chambers, 1874". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
^ Description of Cacelice permolestella in Journal of the New York Entomological Society 10: 93

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Theisoa Chambers, 1874". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2017.

[2] Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University

[3] Description of Cacelice permolestella in Journal of the New York Entomological Society 10: 93

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