Anacampsis conclusella

Anacampsis conclusella

''Anacampsis conclusella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Alberta, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.
Anacampsis conclusella At a 365nm UV light at a dense mixed forest edge.

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Appearance

The wingspan is 9 mm. Adults are dark cinereous , the forewings very minutely speckled with black and with a pale cinereous transverse line at two-thirds of the length, forming two angles. There are three black costal marks, the first and second small and elongate and the third much larger, extending to the disc. A submarginal line of elongated black points, and a few small elongated black points is found in the disc and the exterior border is slightly convex, moderately oblique.

Naming

It was described by Francis Walker in 1864.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyGelechiidae
GenusAnacampsis
SpeciesA. conclusella