Anacampsis conclusella

Anacampsis conclusella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Anacampsis
Species:	A. conclusella
Binomial name
	Anacampsis conclusella; (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
	Gelechia conclusella Walker, 1864 ; Gelechia grissefasciella Chambers, 1875 ;

Anacampsis conclusella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Alberta, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.[1]

The wingspan is 9 mm.[2] Adults are dark cinereous (ash gray), the forewings very minutely speckled with black and with a pale cinereous transverse line at two-thirds of the length, forming two angles. There are three black costal marks, the first and second small and elongate and the third much larger, extending to the disc. A submarginal line of elongated black points, and a few small elongated black points is found in the disc and the exterior border is slightly convex, moderately oblique.[3]

References

Savela, Markku. "Anacampsis conclusella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 593 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Anacampsis conclusella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 2, 2018.

[2] Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.

[3] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 593 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.