Pseudotelphusa incana

Pseudotelphusa incana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Pseudotelphusa
Species:	P. incana
Binomial name
Pseudotelphusa incana Hodges, 1969

Pseudotelphusa incana is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from New York.^[1][2]

The wingspan is 10-12 mm. The forewings are grey, with many off-white scales before the apices and a dark brown to black dot at the base of the fold and a pair of dark dots at one-fourth length, a pair just before middle, and a very small one at end of cell, dots with a few light orange scales preceding and succeeding the brown scales. The hindwings are grey.

The larvae feed on Malus sylvestris.^[3]

References

1. Pseudotelphusa at funet
2. mothphotographersgroup
3. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 71 (2) : 202