Gelechia anarsiella explained

Gelechia anarsiella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Colorado.[1] [2]

There are two or three microscopic whitish specks or white scales scattered over the wings, and the cilia are pale-grey, dusted with dark grey or blackish scales. The hindwings are of a bluish smoky hue.[3]

The larvae feed on Ceanothus species, spinning a delicate web over the leaf it is feeding on, hiding in a silken tube in a folded leaf or between leaves. The larvae are green, faintly brownish shaded to the spiracles, then clear green. The head is shining black.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/gelechiinae/gelechia/ Gelechia at funet
  2. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=1930 mothphotographersgroup
  3. https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofunited31877geol#page/126/mode/1up Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. 3 : 126
  4. https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofuni251903unit#page/874/mode/1up Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 25 (1304) : 874