Anacampsis conclusella

Anacampsis conclusella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Alberta, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.[1]

Anacampsis conclusella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anacampsis
Species:
A. conclusella
Binomial name
Anacampsis conclusella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia conclusella Walker, 1864
  • Gelechia grissefasciella Chambers, 1875

The wingspan is 9 mm.[2] Adults are dark cinereous (ash gray), the forewings very minutely speckled with black and with a pale cinereous transverse line at two-thirds of the length, forming two angles. There are three black costal marks, the first and second small and elongate and the third much larger, extending to the disc. A submarginal line of elongated black points, and a few small elongated black points is found in the disc and the exterior border is slightly convex, moderately oblique.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Anacampsis conclusella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  2. Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.
  3. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 593


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