Symmetrischema pallidochrella

Symmetrischema pallidochrella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1872 and is found in North America.

Symmetrischema pallidochrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Symmetrischema
Species:
S. pallidochrella
Binomial name
Symmetrischema pallidochrella
(Chambers, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria pallidochrella Chambers, 1872
  • Gnorimoschema pallidochrella
  • Helice pallidochrella

Description

The base of the forewings is pale ocherous, sparsely dusted with fuscous and with a fuscous line across the wing close to the base. A fuscous streak passes obliquely backwards to the fold at the basal one-fourth, and then the wing is pale ocherous to the apex, rather densely dusted with fuscous and dark ocherous, with the extreme apex fuscous. The hindwings are pale fuscous.[1]

Distribution

It is found in North America, where it has been recorded in Kentucky, Illinois, Ohio and Oklahoma.[2][3] The moth was found at Landguard Bird Observatory, Felixstowe, Suffolk in June 2019,[4] presumably as an accidental import into the UK.

References
  1. The Canadian Entomologist 4 (7): 126
  2. Savela, Markku. "Symmetrischema Povolný, 1967". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
  3. "421329.00 – 2037 – Symmetrischema pallidochrella – (Chambers, 1872)". North American Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  4. Landguard Bird Observatory. "Flight Arrivals (message dated 6 November, 2019)". Atropos. Retrieved 7 November 2019.


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