Anacampsis cornifer explained

Anacampsis cornifer is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey, in 1897. It is found in the West Indies (St. Croix and St. Thomas).[1]

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are greyish ochreous, indistinctly speckled with fuscous, a black dot at the extreme base of the costa, two fuscous dots in the fold, two on the discal cell, a slight fuscous costal shade above the end of the cell, followed by a pale ochreous spot, a few fuscous scales lying around the apex and termen. There is a slight greyish suffusion across the middle of the wing, and beyond it from the pale costal spot a curved band, paler than the ground-colour, is indistinctly traceable across the wing. The hindwings are brownish grey.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Croton flavens.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/anacampsinae/anacampsis/ funet.fi
  2. https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen97scie#page/79/mode/1up Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897 : 79