Untomia albistrigella

Untomia albistrigella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Untomia
Species:	U. albistrigella
Binomial name
	Untomia albistrigella; (Chambers, 1872)
Synonyms
	Gelechia albistrigella Chambers, 1872;

Untomia albistrigella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1872. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.^[1]^[2]

Adults are dark brown in some lights, faintly tinged with purple, green or bronze. There is a small oblique white costal streak just before, and a few indistinct whitish scales or small spots in the apex, near the dorsal cilia. The cilia are pale fuscous, with a dark brown hindmarginal line before their middle.^[3]

References

^ Savela, Markku. "Untomia Busck, 1906". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
^ The Canadian Entomologist 4 (9): 171

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Untomia Busck, 1906". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2017.

[2] Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University

[3] The Canadian Entomologist 4 (9): 171

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