Cream-edged dichomeris moth

Dichomeris flavocostella

''Dichomeris flavocostella'', the cream-edged dichomeris moth, is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Quebec and Maine to Florida, west to Texas and north to Manitoba.
Cream-edged Dichomeris Moth -Dichomeris flavocostella TL: ~8 mm. Black FW with cream-colored costal stripe with a spur in the PM area. Hosts: Goldenrod and aster. Status: Common. Habitat: Attracted to a 395 nm LED light in a semi-rural area 2021 (57) Cream-edged dichomeris moth,Dichomeris,Dichomeris flavocostella,Gelechiidae,Geotagged,Spring,United States,moth

Appearance

The wingspan is 15–18 mm. The forewings are purplish black with a cream-colored strip along the costa to the apex. A spur of this strip points inward in the postmedian area. The hindwings are gray. Adults are on wing from May to August.

Adult - forewing purplish-black with cream-colored strip along costa stopping short of apex; a spur of the strip points inward in the PM area, like a sharp-pointed tooth that touches (or nearly touches) the corresponding "tooth" on the other forewing. Hindwing gray.
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Naming

Dichomeris flavocostella Clemens, 1860
Trichotaphe flavocostella

FLAVOCOSTELLA: from the Latin "flavus" (yellow) + "costa" (a rib); [the costa of an insect is the anterior marginal rib of its wing]; refers to the yellowish strip along the costa of the forewing.
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Distribution

USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Canada: Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec.
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Food

The larvae are leaf folders and feed on leaves of sunflower (Helianthus), aster (Symphyotrichum) and goldenrod (Solidago).

The larvae feed on ''Solidago'' and ''Aster'' species.

References:

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichomeris_flavocostella
https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Dichomeris-flavocostella
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=2295
https://bugguide.net/node/view/34817

Carol C. Loeffler (1994). Natural History of Leaf-Folding Caterpillars, Dichomeris spp. (Gelechiidae), on Goldenrods and Asters. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 102(4): 405-428. http://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls/1990s/1996/1996-50(3)245-Loeffler.pdf
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyGelechiidae
GenusDichomeris
SpeciesD. flavocostella
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United States of America