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Menesta tortriciformella

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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 Depressariidae family. It was described by 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

  1. ^ Menesta at funet.fi.
  2. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ^ Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 116 (3495) : 49

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