Gnorimoschema tunicatum

Gnorimoschema tunicatum is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Povolný in 1998. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta and Saskatchewan.[1][2]

Gnorimoschema tunicatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Gnorimoschema
Species:
G. tunicatum
Binomial name
Gnorimoschema tunicatum
Povolný, 1998

The length of the forewings is about 7 mm. The forewings are uniform pale cinereous with a slight chocolate brown hue. There are two delicate elongate blackish stigmata, the first near the centre and the second in the discal cell. The hindwings are grey whitish.[3]

References
  1. funet.fi
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. New taxa and faunistic records of the tribe Gnorimoschemini from the Nearctic region (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae)


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