Shining dichomeris moth

Dichomeris ochripalpella

''Dichomeris ochripalpella'', the shining dichomeris moth, is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Zeller in 1873. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Quebec and southern Ontario to New Jersey, North Carolina and Arkansas.

The length of the forewings is 5.4-6.5 mm. The forewings are deep brown, with a steel-blue, shining streak along the costa, extending from the base to an orange-yellow costal spot at the beginning of the apical cilia, and deeply excised in the middle of the wing. Beneath the excised portion and near the inner margin is a short, steel-blue streak, and the costal streak emits a slender line to the inner margin, opposite the costal orange-yellow spot. The hindmargin has a series of steel-blue dots. The hindwings are fuscous. Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on ''Aster'' and ''Solidago'' species.
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Total length: ~ 7 mm.  Black forewing has metallic silvery blue patches. Labial palps are orange. 

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Naming

Dichomeris ochripalpella Zeller, 1873
Gelechia ochripalpella Zeller, 1873
Trichotaphe ochripalpella
Trichotaphe alacella Clemens, 1862 (preocc.)
Gelechia goodellella Chambers, 1881

Distribution

USA: Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin.
Canada: Quebec, Ontario.

Food

Larvae found in association with aster and goldenrod species. Host plants appear to be members of the Compositae.

References:

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https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Dichomeris-ochripalpella
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=2289
https://bugguide.net/node/view/53704
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichomeris_ochripalpella
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyGelechiidae
GenusDichomeris
SpeciesD. ochripalpella