''Keiferia inconspicuella'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family

Gelechiidae The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable dis ...

. It was described by

Mary Murtfeldt Mary Esther Murtfeldt (6 August 1839, New York City – 23 February 1913, Kirkwood) was an American entomologist, botanist, botanical collector, writer and editor. She undertook research on the life histories of insects, describing several speci ...

in 1883. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the south-eastern and mid-western United States, north to

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and

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and west to

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and

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. The length of the forewings is 5-5.5 mm. The larvae feed on '' Solanum carolinense'' and '' Solanum melongena''. They

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the leaves of their host plant. Full-grown larvae are green and reach a length of 7–8 mm.Microlepidoptera on Solanaceae - ''Keiferia inconspicuella''
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