Gnorimoschema shepherdiae

Gnorimoschema shepherdiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Gnorimoschema
Species:	G. shepherdiae
Binomial name
	Gnorimoschema shepherdiae; Priest, 2014

Gnorimoschema shepherdiae is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Ronald J. Priest in 2014. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Michigan, Quebec and Yukon.[1][2]

The length of the forewings is 5−6.3 mm. The forewings are brown intermixed with white and a few greyish-orange scales, as well as three suffused white bands, alternating with three bands of the ground colour from the base to two-thirds. The distal one-third is mostly white intermixed with white scales tipped with brown and brown scales, as well as a few greyish-orange scales. The hindwings are pale brown.

The larvae feed on Shepherdia canadensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]

References

Savela, Markku. "Gnorimoschema Busck, 1900". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
Adamski, D. et al. 2014: Three new species of leaf-mining Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) from Canada and northeastern United States. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 68(2): 101-123. (See p. 109).

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Gnorimoschema Busck, 1900". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2017.

[2] Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University

[3] Adamski, D. et al. 2014: Three new species of leaf-mining Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) from Canada and northeastern United States. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 68(2): 101-123. (See p. 109).