Stegasta capitella

Stegasta capitella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Gelechiidae
Genus:Stegasta
Species: S. capitella
Binomial name
Stegasta capitella
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Alucita capitella Fabricius, 1794
  • Ypsolophus capitatus Fabricius, 1798
  • Gelechia robustella Walker, 1864
  • Gelechia rivulella Möschler, 1890

Stegasta capitella, the teaweed moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in West Indies[1] and the south-eastern United States, where it has been recorded from Florida, Georgia and Texas.[2]

The length of the forewings is about 4 mm. Adults are on wing from February to August and in October and December in Florida.

The larvae feed on peanut and Sida spinosa.[3]

References

  1. ↑ funet.fi
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ Bug Guide


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