Gnorimoschema subterranea

Gnorimoschema subterranea is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1911. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Massachusetts, Colorado, California, Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario.[1][2]

Gnorimoschema subterranea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Gnorimoschema
Species:
G. subterranea
Binomial name
Gnorimoschema subterranea
Busck, 1911

The length of the forewings is 8.1-10.5 mm for males and 7.3-10.1 mm for females. The forewings are rust to deep ebony brown or even bright brick red. The hindwings are yellowish fuscous.[3]

The larvae feed on Aster multiflorus, Aster ericoides and Aster chilensis,[4] creating stem galls at or beneath ground level.[5]

References
  1. "Gnorimoschema Busck, 1900" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  2. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. The Canadian Entomologist 43 (1): 4 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. Gnorimoschemini Fauna of Alberta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
  5. Holarctic Lepidoptera 8 (Suppl. 1): (1-53)


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