Gnorimoschema nordlandicolella

Gnorimoschema nordlandicolella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Strand in 1902. It is found in Norway, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Russia (Kola Peninsula, Irkutsk), Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as North America, where it has been recorded from Texas, Arizona and Yukon.[1][2]

Gnorimoschema nordlandicolella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Gnorimoschema
Species:
G. nordlandicolella
Binomial name
Gnorimoschema nordlandicolella
(Strand, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia (Lita) nordlandicolella Strand, 1902
  • Phthorimaea cyceonodes Meyrick, 1926
  • Gnorimoschema eucausta Meyrick, 1929
  • Phthorimaea fennicella Hackman, 1946

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are light brownish-ochreous irrorated dark grey and whitish, the ground colour sometimes wholly obscured, or the spots of ground colour indicating the stigmata, but without defined markings. The hindwings are bluish-grey.[3]

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