Glauce pectenalaeella explained

Glauce is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains only one species, Glauce pectenalaeella, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.[1]

The ground color is pale yellowish, almost entirely obscured by dense fuscous dusting and fuscous spots. The apex of the forewings is more deeply fuscous.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Glauce pectenalaeella . mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu . Mississippi Entomological Museum . 3 July 2022.
  2. https://archive.org/stream/canadianentomolo07ento#page/11/mode/1up Can. Ent. 7 (1): 12