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Neotelphusa querciella

Synonyms: Depressaria querciella

Wikipedia Abstract

Neotelphusa querciella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee. The forewings are dark iron grey, with a distinct small blackish spot on the costa at about the basal fourth, and two other smaller ones on the costa, one about the middle, and the other at the beginning of the apical ciliae. There are three or four similar small ones on the disc. The hindwings are pale slate colour.
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Prey / Diet

Quercus alba (White Oak)[1]
Quercus rubra (Red Oak)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0