Telphusa sedulitella
| Telphusa sedulitella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Telphusa |
| Species: | T. sedulitella |
| Binomial name | |
| Telphusa sedulitella (Busck, 1910) | |
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Telphusa sedulitella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, British Columbia, California, Oregon and Washington.[1][2] In the south, the range extends to Baja California.
The wingspan is 13-14 mm. The forewings are dark brown, mottled with lighter brown, black and white. The basal third is unmottled, rather darker than the rest of the wing and limited by a narrow indistinct blackish oblique streak across the wing. A series of five tufts of raised scales runs parallel with the dorsal edge. Beyond the last of these tufts, which contains some white scales, is a thin oblique pure white line from the tornus towards the apex. The apical part are rather freely dusted with white. The hindwings are light bluish fuscous, darker towards the edges.[3]
The larvae have been reported feeding on Quercus (including Quercus agrifolia), Salix and Corylus species.[4]
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