Isophrictis actiella explained

Isophrictis actiella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae, described by William Barnes and August Busck in 1920. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California.[1] [2]

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are dark brownish fuscous with a greenish sheen and a broad longitudinal spindle-shaped white streak on the middle of the wing from the base to the end of the cell. There is an outwardly oblique white costal streak before the cilia, meeting a similar opposite dorsal streak in a sharp angle. Three white costal dashes and five nearly confluent dorsal pencils are found beyond these first streaks and there is a deep black basal line at the base of the apical cilia. The hindwings are silvery fuscous.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Savela . Markku . Isophrictis Meyrick, 1917 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . August 28, 2017.
  2. Web site: 420602.00 – 1688 – Isophrictis actiella – Barnes & Busck, 1920 . North American Moth Photographers Group . Mississippi State University . June 8, 2019.
  3. https://archive.org/stream/contributionston414barn#page/224/mode/1up Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 4 (3): 224