''Anacampsis kearfottella'' is a

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of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by

August Busck Augustus Busck (February 18, 1870 – March 7, 1944) was a Danish-American entomologist with the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Entomology. He is best known for his work with microlepidoptera, of which he described over ...

in 1903. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded in

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and

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. The

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is about 12 mm. The forewings are silvery white at the base, gradually becoming overlaid with fuscous outward. The outer half of the wing is dark fuscous with a silver-yellowish lustre. At the end of the cell is a small round black dot. At the beginning of the costal cilia is a short oblique triangular light yellow spot and there is a heavy deep black line at the base of the cilia, around the entire apical edge, interrupted by four costal and three dorsal short indistinct yellowish-white dashes, which are faintly continued out in the dark fuscous cilia. The dorsal edge opposite the costal triangular spot is yellowish. The hindwings are dark fuscous, nearly black, with silvery reflections.''Proceedings of the United States National Museum'' 25 (1304): 842

References

Moths described in 1903 Anacampsis Moths of North America {{Anacampsis-stub