Teleiopsis baldiana
Teleiopsis baldiana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Teleiopsis |
Species: | T. baldiana |
Binomial name | |
Teleiopsis baldiana (Barnes & Busck, 1920) | |
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Teleiopsis baldiana is a moth of the Gelechiidae family described by William Barnes and August Busck in 1920. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California.[1][2]
The wingspan is 19–21 mm. The forewings are bluish white, overlaid with fuscous, black and brown scales and with a rather well defined outwardly oblique fasciae of black raised scales from near the base of the costa to the basal fourth of the dorsum. There is an ill-defined light fuscous spot on the middle of costa, as well as an ill-defined transverse shade of fuscous over the end of the cell, edged exteriorly by a narrow nearly unmottled white fascia. There is also a short transverse streak of black-and-brown raised scales at the end of the cell and the tip of the wing is overlaid with fuscous.[3]
The larvae feed on Toxicodendron diversilobum. They roll the leaves of their host plant.[4]
References
- ↑ Teleiopsis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- ↑ Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 4 (3): 225
- ↑ Bug Guide
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