''Glyphidocera lactiflosella'', the five-spotted glyphidocera moth, is a
moth in the family
Autostichidae. It was described by
Vactor Tousey Chambers Vactor Tousey Chambers (commonly V.T. Chambers) (6 August 1830, Burlington, Kentucky – 7 August 1883, in Covington, Kentucky) was an American entomologist who specialized in Microlepidoptera. He along with James Brackenridge Clemens, was a pione ...
in 1878. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from
Alabama,
Arkansas,
Florida,
Georgia,
Louisiana,
Maine,
Mississippi,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Tennessee and
Texas.
The
wingspan is about 12.7 mm. The forewings are pale cream color, sparsely dusted with brown, with a small brown spot touching the fold above, near the base of the wing, another a little farther back, and yet farther back near the middle two spots, one on the fold, the other on the disc. Sometimes these two last spots are confluent. There is a transverse brown streak at the end of the cell, and a distinct brown line curving around the base of the apical cilia. The hindwings are white, tinged with silvery. Adults are on wing from January to October.
''Moth Photographers Group''
at Mississippi State University
References
Moths described in 1878
Glyphidocerinae
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