Gnorimoschema octomaculella

Gnorimoschema octomaculella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Gnorimoschema
Species: G. octomaculella
Binomial name
Gnorimoschema octomaculella
(Chambers, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia octomaculella Chambers, 1875

Gnorimoschema octomaculella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Chambers in 1875. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California and Washington.[1][2]

The forewings have a brown spot on the dorsal margin near the base, which is brownish, and also a large rust red spot on the disc before the middle which touches a brown costal spot placed just before it. There is another rusty red spot at the end of the disc, and a rather dense small patch of dusting before the costal cilia, and one also before the dorsal cilia. The hindwings are pale greyish fuscus.[3]

The larvae feed on Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus.

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