Anacampsis tephriasella

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

Anacampsis tephriasella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1872. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Kentucky and Maine.^[1]^[2]

The forewings are pale gray, about equally intermixed with white, becoming gradually darker gray and fuscous towards the tip, each of the darker scales tipped with white. There is a small, very oblique white streak or spot on the costa, just behind the middle, and at the beginning of the costal cilia the wing is crossed by a narrow white fascia. An indistinct fuscous hinder marginal line or row of spots is found at the base of the cilia.^[3]

References

^ Savela, Markku. "Anacampsis Curtis, 1827". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
^ The Canadian Entomologist 4 (4): 68

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Anacampsis Curtis, 1827". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 28, 2017.

[2] Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University

[3] The Canadian Entomologist 4 (4): 68

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