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Gelechia anarsiella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Gelechia
Species:	G. anarsiella
Binomial name
Gelechia anarsiella Chambers, 1877

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

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.

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.

References

1. Gelechia at funet
2. mothphotographersgroup
3. Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. 3 : 126 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
4. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 25 (1304) : 874 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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