Fascista bimaculella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains.[1][2][3]

Fascista bimaculella
Fascista bimaculella, Texas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Fascista
Species:
F. bimaculella
Binomial name
Fascista bimaculella
(Chambers, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria bimaculella Chambers, 1872
  • Gelechia (Lita) ternariella Zeller, 1873
  • Gelechia sylvaecolella Chambers, 1878

The forewings are shining dark purplish-brown or black with a large white spot on the disc just beyond the middle, and a white spot or streak which starts from the beginning of the costal cilia, but does not reach the dorsal margin.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Fascista bimaculella". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  2. ^ Fascista at funet
  3. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  4. ^ Can. Ent. 4 (6): 108  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.