Isophrictis magnella

Isophrictis magnella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Isophrictis
Species:	I. magnella
Binomial name
	Isophrictis magnella; (Busck, 1903)
Synonyms
	Paltodora magnella Busck, 1903;

Isophrictis magnella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1903. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California, Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Ontario and Tennessee.[1][2]

The wingspan is 15.5-16.5 mm. The forewings are yellowish gray, with the outer two-thirds of the costal edge white and with a small black spot on the fold and two elongated black white-edged dashes on the middle of the wing in continuation of each other, sometimes forming one uninterrupted black line. From the apical fourth of the costa, a thin oblique white line runs outward to the termen. Above this, four white dashes are found in the costal cilia, and opposite it correspondingly a dorsal white line emitting three white pencils into the dorsal cilia. The hindwings are dark gray.[3]

The larvae feed on Hazardia squarrosa.[4]

References

"Isophrictis Meyrick, 1917" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25 (1304): 776
Bug Guide

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[1] "Isophrictis Meyrick, 1917" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 7, 2017.

[2] Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University

[3] Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25 (1304): 776

[4] Bug Guide