''Gnorimoschema busckiella'' is a
moth in the family
Gelechiidae. It was described by
William D. Kearfott
William D. Kearfott (January 12, 1864 – November 12, 1917) was an American engineer and amateur entomologist. Kearfott was educated in primary schools in Richmond and Philadelphia and was connected with the Morton Poole Company and the Internati ...
in 1903. It has been recorded from the US states of
Maine,
New Jersey and
Ohio.
The
wingspan is 16–19 mm. The forewings are bronze brown, irrorated (sprinkled) with white, the basal half of each scale is white, the outer and overlapping half bronze-brown, the white irrorations are caused by the brown not entirely covering the basal white. This arrangement of scales is uniformly distributed over the wing, except on the costal margin outer quarter and outer margin, where on account of the greater length of the scales, more white is exposed and the colors are almost equal. On the outer margin the same coloration extends halfway out on the cilia. The hindwings are fuscous.
''Journal of the New York Entomological Society'' 11: 158
The larvae feed on '' Aster patens''.
References
Gnorimoschema
Moths described in 1903
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