Gelechiidae

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Anacampsis fullonella (Zeller, 1873)

Anacampsis fullonella (Zeller, 1873)

Anacampsis fullonella (Zeller, 1873)

Anacampsis fullonella is a described Gelechiidae moth found across multiple U.S. states in North America.

Anacampsis levipedella (Clemens, 1863)

Anacampsis levipedella (Clemens, 1863)

Anacampsis levipedella (Clemens, 1863)

Anacampsis levipedella is a Gelechiidae moth found in North America, described by Clemens in 1863, with distinct patterned dark wings.

Anacampsis coverdalella Kearfott, 1903

Anacampsis coverdalella Kearfott, 1903

Anacampsis coverdalella Kearfott, 1903

Coverdale's anacampsis (Anacampsis coverdalella) is a gelechiid moth found in the southeastern United States with distinct patterned forewings.

Anacampsis blattariella (Hübner, 1796)

Anacampsis blattariella (Hübner, 1796)

Anacampsis blattariella (Hübner, 1796)

Anacampsis blattariella, the birch sober, is a 16–19 mm gelechiid moth found across most of Europe.

Anacampsis populella (Clerck, 1759)

Anacampsis populella (Clerck, 1759)

Anacampsis populella (Clerck, 1759)

Anacampsis populella is a gelechiid moth native to Europe, introduced to North America, whose larvae feed on poplars and willows.

Anacampsis conclusella (Walker, 1864)

Anacampsis conclusella (Walker, 1864)

Anacampsis conclusella (Walker, 1864)

Anacampsis conclusella is a small North American gelechiid moth described by Francis Walker in 1864.

Battaristis nigratomella (Clemens, 1863)

Battaristis nigratomella (Clemens, 1863)

Battaristis nigratomella (Clemens, 1863)

Battaristis nigratomella is a Gelechiidae moth found across many regions of North America. It has distinctively patterned wings.

Battaristis vittella (Busck, 1916)

Battaristis vittella (Busck, 1916)

Battaristis vittella (Busck, 1916)

Battaristis vittella, the stripe-backed moth, is a 8–10 mm wingspan gelechiid moth found in eastern North America.

Mesophleps adustipennis (Walsingham, 1897)

Mesophleps adustipennis (Walsingham, 1897)

Mesophleps adustipennis (Walsingham, 1897)

Mesophleps adustipennis, the soybean webworm moth, is a gelechiid moth distributed across the Americas.

Untomia albistrigella (Chambers, 1872)

Untomia albistrigella (Chambers, 1872)

Untomia albistrigella (Chambers, 1872)

Untomia albistrigella is a Gelechiidae moth described in 1872, found across North America with distinct dark brown adult markings.

Strobisia iridipennella Clemens, 1860

Strobisia iridipennella Clemens, 1860

Strobisia iridipennella Clemens, 1860

The iridescent strobisia moth (Strobisia iridipennella) is a gelechiid moth found across parts of North America.

Strobisia proserpinella Frey & Boll, 1878

Strobisia proserpinella Frey & Boll, 1878

Strobisia proserpinella Frey & Boll, 1878

Strobisia proserpinella is a Gelechiidae moth described in 1878, found in Missouri and Texas, North America.

Holophysis emblemella (Clemens, 1860)

Holophysis emblemella (Clemens, 1860)

Holophysis emblemella (Clemens, 1860)

Holophysis emblemella is a North American Gelechiidae moth described in 1860 by James Brackenridge Clemens.

Aproaerema anthyllidella (Hübner, 1813)

Aproaerema anthyllidella (Hübner, 1813)

Aproaerema anthyllidella (Hübner, 1813)

Aproaerema anthyllidella is a gelechiid moth found across Europe, parts of Asia, and North America, with leaf-mining larvae that feed on many herbs.

Aproaerema simplexella

Aproaerema simplexella

Aproaerema simplexella

Aproaerema simplexella, the soybean moth, is a gelechiid moth with a 9-12 mm wingspan, invasive in Africa.

Aproaerema palpilineella (Chambers, 1875)

Aproaerema palpilineella (Chambers, 1875)

Aproaerema palpilineella (Chambers, 1875)

Aproaerema palpilineella is a gelechiid moth from North America whose larvae feed on clovers and common crown vetch.

Hypatima spathota (Meyrick, 1913)

Hypatima spathota (Meyrick, 1913)

Hypatima spathota (Meyrick, 1913)

Hypatima spathota is a gelechiid moth described in 1913, found across Asia and Australia, whose larvae feed on two tree species.

Hypatima rhomboidella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hypatima rhomboidella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hypatima rhomboidella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hypatima rhomboidella, the lobster-clawed moth, is a Gelechiidae moth found across Europe and east to Siberia and Taiwan.

Anarsia patulella (Walker, 1864)

Anarsia patulella (Walker, 1864)

Anarsia patulella (Walker, 1864)

Anarsia patulella is a 10–11 mm wingspan gelechiid moth described in 1864, found across South and East Asia and Australia.

Anarsia molybdota Meyrick, 1904

Anarsia molybdota Meyrick, 1904

Anarsia molybdota Meyrick, 1904

Anarsia molybdota is a gelechiid moth species found across multiple regions of Australia.

Anarsia epiula Meyrick, 1904

Anarsia epiula Meyrick, 1904

Anarsia epiula Meyrick, 1904

Anarsia epiula is a 14 mm wingspan gelechiid moth found in eastern Australia, described in 1904 by Meyrick.

Nothris verbascella (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775

Nothris verbascella (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775

Nothris verbascella (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775

Nothris verbascella is a Gelechiidae moth found across Eurasia, recently rediscovered in Britain after being considered extinct.

Tituacia deviella Walker, 1864

Tituacia deviella Walker, 1864

Tituacia deviella Walker, 1864

Hypatima deviella is a gelechiid moth described in 1864, found across parts of Asia and Australia, with distinct forewing markings.

Metzneria lappella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Metzneria lappella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Metzneria lappella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Metzneria lappella is a moth species with a 13–19 mm wingspan found across the Palaearctic and introduced to North America.

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