Directory of Gelechiidae Resources

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Family of moths with fringed wings.

Resources in This Category

• Anarsia lineatella: Peach Twig Borer

  http://entoplp.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/peachtwigborer.htm
  Photograph of this insect and information on its hosts, habitat, life cycle and description.

• Dichomeris acuminatus

  http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/no-common-name/Dichomeris/acuminatus.html
  Photograph and information on this species.

• Fascista cercerisella

  http://bugguide.net/node/view/84500
  Photograph of the boldly striped caterpillar of this moth.

• Fascista cercerisella: Redbud Leaffolder

  http://entoplp.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/redbudleaffolder.htm
  Photographs of this moth and its larva, with information on its hosts, symptoms, life cycle and description.

• Gelechiid Moth (Stegasta variana)

  http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/Gelechiid-Moth/Stegasta/variana.html
  This Gelechiid Moth has dark brown forewings, with white and orange markings.

• Gelechiidae

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelechiidae
  Information from Wikipedia on this family of small moths with fringed wings, the larvae of many of which are agricultural pests.

• Keiferia lycopersicella: Tomato Pinworm

  http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/veg/tomato/tomato_pinworm.htm
  Photographs of this moth and its larvae, its distribution, life history, economic importance and management.

• Pectinophora gossypiella: Pink Bollworm

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pectinophora_gossypiella
  Information from Wikipedia on the larvae of this moth species which live and feed inside cotton bolls, damaging the crop.

• Phthorimaea operculella

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phthorimaea_operculella
  Information from Wikipedia on the potato tuber moth, whose larvae are a major pest of potatoes in New Zealand and South Africa.

 

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