Menesta tortriciformella

Menesta tortriciformella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Menesta
Species:	M. tortriciformella
Binomial name
	Menesta tortriciformella; Clemens, 1860
Synonyms
	Gelechia liturella Walker, 1864; Hyale coryliella Chambers, 1875; Strobisia albaciliaeella Chambers, 1878;

Menesta tortriciformella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ontario, Nova Scotia.^[1]^[2]

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are blackish brown with greenish-violet reflections and a few white scales just beyond the middle forming an indistinct, short, transverse line. The hindwings are much lighter brown.

The larvae feed on Corylus americana and Rubus allegheniensis.^[3]

References

^ Menesta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
^ mothphotographersgroup
^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 116 (3495): 49

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[1] Menesta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.

[2] thphotographersgroup

[3] Proceedings of the United States National Museum 116 (3495): 49

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