Tulsa finitella

Appearance

Forewing very dark gray with the blackish borders of the antemedial and postmedial lines but slightly contrasted; some slight dusting of white on subbasal, medial, and terminal areas; antemedial line somewhat
stronger, its inner blackish bordering line more or less interrupted on the veins, its outer border continuous but faint; discal dots tending to coalesce; an obscure row of blackish dots along termen; raised scales conspicuous on lower half of inner border of antemedial line and as a patch on middle of lower fold; a raised
scale or two in the discal spots. Hind wing pale smoky fuscous with a darker shading towards termen; the
veins slightly darkened; the entire wing darker on northern examples. Alar expanse, 21-25 mm.

Male genitaha with no distinguishing specific features. Female genitalia similar to those of umbripennis but
smaller (about the size of infinitella) and with more decided wrinkling of the genital plate and its supplemental collar.

Naming

Tulsa finitella Walker, 1863
Tulsa melanella Hulst, 1890
Nephopteryx finitella Walker, List, vol. 27, p. 53, 1863.—Ragonot, Monograph, pt. 1, p. 282, 1893.
Tlascala finitella (Walker) Hulst, Phycitidae of N. Amer., p. 147, 1890.—Forbes, Cornell Mem. 68, p. 624, 1923.—McDunnough, Checklist. No. 6177, 1939.
Elasmopalpus melanellus Hulst, Phycitidae of N. Amer., p. 157, 1890.—Barnes and McDunnough, Contributions, vol. 3, p. 199, 1916 (makes synonym of finitella).

Distribution

USA: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee
Canada: Ontario

Food

Larvae feed on birch (Betula spp.) and blueberry.