Anacampsis lacteusochrella

Anacampsis lacteusochrella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1875. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California.[1][2]

Anacampsis lacteusochrella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anacampsis
Species:
A. lacteusochrella
Binomial name
Anacampsis lacteusochrella
(Chambers, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia lacteusochrella Chambers, 1875
  • Compsolechia lacteochrella Meyrick, 1925

Adults are creamy white or white very faintly suffused with ochreous, sparsely flecked with brown upon the forewings, which become towards the tip, suffused with greyish, or purplish brown and ochreous, so that a white costal streak at the beginning of the cilia may be distinguished from the surrounding part of the wing.[3]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Anacampsis Curtis, 1827". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  2. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science 2 (3): 244 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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