Dichomeris ventrella

Dichomeris ventrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. ventrella
Binomial name
Dichomeris ventrella
(Fitch, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Chaetochilus ventrellus Fitch, 1854
  • Ypsolophus unicipunctellus Clemens, 1863
  • Ypsolophus querciella Chambers, 1872
  • Ypsolophus roseocostellus Walsingham, 1882
  • Nothris trinotella Coquillett, 1883
  • Dichomeris ventrellus

Dichomeris ventrella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Fitch in 1854. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maine to Florida, west to Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Wisconsin and southern Arizona.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are pale cinereous with a faint reddish tinge. The hindwings are shining pale greyish.[3]

The larvae feed on Castanea dentata, Betula, Carpinus, Corylus, Carya and Quercus species. They roll the leaves of their host plant.[4]

References

  1. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ↑ Bug Guide
  3. ↑ Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 10: 185
  4. ↑ Dichomeris at funet


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