Keiferia inconspicuella
| Keiferia inconspicuella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Keiferia |
| Species: | K. inconspicuella |
| Binomial name | |
| Keiferia inconspicuella (Murtfeldt, 1883) | |
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Keiferia inconspicuella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Murtfeldt in 1883. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the south-eastern and mid-western United States, north to New Jersey and Iowa and west to Nebraska and Texas.[1][2]
The length of the forewings is 5-5.5 mm. The forewings are grey mottled with dark grey and yellowish orange. The hindwings are light to medium grey.
The larvae feed on Solanum carolinense and Solanum melongena. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Full-grown larvae are green and reach a length of 7-8 mm.[3]
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