Gnorimoschema busckiella

Gnorimoschema busckiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Gnorimoschema
Species: G. busckiella
Binomial name
Gnorimoschema busckiella
Kearfott, 1903

Gnorimoschema busckiella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Kearfott in 1903. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maine, New Jersey and Ohio.[1][2]

The wingspan is 16-19 mm. The forewings are bronze-brown, irrorated with white, the basal half of each scale is white, the outer and overlapping half bronze-brown, the white irrorations are caused by the brown not entirely covering the basal white. This arrangement of scales is uniformly distributed over the wing, except on the costal margin outer quarter and outer margin, where on account of the greater length of the scales, more white is exposed and the colors are almost equal. On the outer margin the same coloration extends half way out on the cilia. The hindwings are fuscous.[3]

The larvae feed on Aster patens.

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