Anacampsis Psoraliella
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''Anacampsis psoraliella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by
William Barnes William Barnes (22 February 1801 – 7 October 1886) was an English polymath, writer, poet, philologist, priest, mathematician, engraving artist and inventor. He wrote over 800 poems, some in Dorset dialect, and much other work, including a co ...
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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 1920. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Iowa. The wingspan is 18–21 mm. The forewings are nearly unicolorous blackish brown with the apical fourth a shade lighter. The two shades are faintly but sharply defined by a transverse line, which is slightly but sharply outwardly curved and pointed on the middle. There are four hardly perceptible darker brown spots, one near the base, one on the middle of the cell, one at the end of the cell and one on the middle of the fold. The hindwings are dark olivaceous brown. The larvae feed on ''
Pediomelum argophyllum ''Pediomelum'' is a genus of legumes known as Indian breadroots. These are glandular perennial plants with palmately-arranged leaves. They have a main erect stem with inflorescences of blue or purple flowers and produce hairy legume pods contain ...
'' (syn. ''Psoralea argophylla'').''Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America'' 4 (3): 226


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Moths described in 1920 Anacampsis Moths of North America {{Anacampsis-stub