Keiferia glochinella
Keiferia glochinella, the eggplant leafminer moth, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Zeller in 1873. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Texas, New Mexico and California.[1][2] Records outside the western United States are based on misidentifications.
| Keiferia glochinella | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Keiferia |
| Species: | K. glochinella |
| Binomial name | |
| Keiferia glochinella (Zeller, 1873) | |
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The length of the forewings is 4.5–5 mm. Adults are yellowish gray, light gray to gray, mottled with dark gray and yellowish-orange.
The larvae feed on Solanum carolinense. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Full-grown larvae reach a length of about 8 mm.[3]
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