Keiferia inconspicuella

Keiferia inconspicuella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Keiferia
Species: K. inconspicuella
Binomial name
Keiferia inconspicuella
(Murtfeldt, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia inconspicuella Murtfeldt, 1883
  • Tildenia inconspicuella
  • Gelechia cinerella Murtfeldt, 1881 (preocc. Clerck, 1759)

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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