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Theisoa pallidochrella

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Theisoa pallidochrella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Theisoa
Species:
T. pallidochrella
Binomial name
Theisoa pallidochrella
(Chambers, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Helice pallidochrella Chambers, 1873
  • Gelechia gleditschiaeella Chambers, 1878
  • Cacelice permolestella Busck, 1902

Theisoa pallidochrella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1873. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Kentucky and Illinois.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are light reddish gray, minutely dusted with dark purplish-fuscous scales. Near the base is an inconspicuous, small, dark, bronzy-brown, costal dot. At the basal third is a large transverse dark bronzy-brown costal spot, reaching down across the fold. At about the apical third is a smaller concolorous costal spot and the tip of the wing has the dark scales collected into ill-defined transverse spots or streaks. The hindwings are shining, dark fuscous.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Theisoa Chambers, 1874". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
  2. ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. ^ Description of Cacelice permolestella in Journal of the New York Entomological Society 10: 93 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.