Gelechia rileyella

Gelechia rileyella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Gelechia
Species: G. rileyella
Binomial name
Gelechia rileyella
(Chambers, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria rileyella Chambers, 1872

Gelechia rileyella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Chambers in 1872. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Kentucky, Maine and New Hampshire.[1][2]

The forewings are pale yellow, faintly tinged with pink and minutely dusted with fuscous. There is a fuscous streak on the base of the costa. The hindwings are a little paler.[3]

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