Gnorimoschema octomaculella explained

Gnorimoschema octomaculella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1875. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California and Washington.[1] [2]

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 grayish fuscus.[3]

The larvae feed on Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Markku . Savela . Gnorimoschema Busck, 1900 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . October 28, 2017.
  2. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=1995 Moth Photographers Group
  3. https://archive.org/stream/cincinnatiquarte12cinc#page/291/mode/1up Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science 2 (4): 291