Gnorimoschema splendoriferella

Species of moth

Gnorimoschema splendoriferella

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Gelechiidae
Genus:  | Gnorimoschema
Species:  |

G. splendoriferella

Binomial name
Gnorimoschema splendoriferella

Busck, 1904

Gnorimoschema splendoriferella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1904. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Washington.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are shining, intense purplish red with a narrow costal margin and the apical part of the wing mottled with white and bluish black scales. There is a basal subcostal longitudinal streak, and an ill-defined yellow dorsal and costal spot at the beginning of the cilia.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Gnorimoschema Busck, 1900" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
2. ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
3. ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 27 (1375): 758 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q13644703
* Wikispecies: Gnorimoschema splendoriferella
* CoL: 3GNRD
* EoL: 930757
* GBIF: 1851741
* IRMNG: 11150676
* LepIndex: 101762
* MONA: 2002

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