Redbud Leaffolder

Fascista cercerisella

''Fascista cercerisella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the United States from Pennsylvania and Maryland, south to Florida, west to Texas, north to Kansas.

The wingspan is 13–16 mm. Adults are on wing from April to October in the south. The flight season is shorter in the northern part of the range. There is one generation per year in the north, possibly two in the south.
Redbud Leaffolder Moth (Fascista cercerisella) forming its Leaf Shelter This was a really cool thing to watch! A moth larva in the process of building a leaf shelter. It fastens each side of the leaf together with silk from modified salivary glands. The leaf pictured here is its host plant, Cercis canadensis. Fascista cercerisella,Geotagged,Redbud Leaffolder,Summer,United States

Food

The larvae feed on ''Cercis canadensis''. They skeletonize the leaves of their host.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyGelechiidae
GenusFascista
SpeciesF. cercerisella