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Gnorimoschema octomaculella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Gnorimoschema

Gnorimoschema octomaculella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Chambers in 1875. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California and Washington.

The forewings have a brown spot on the dorsal margin near the base, which is brownish, and also a large rust red spot on the disc before the middle which touches a brown costal spot placed just before it. There is another rusty red spot at the end of the disc, and a rather dense small patch of dusting before the costal cilia, and one also before the dorsal cilia. The hindwings are pale greyish fuscus.

The larvae feed on Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus.

References

Gnorimoschema octomaculella Wikipedia