Symmetrischema pallidochrella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1872 and is found in North America.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Symmetrischema |
| Species: | S. pallidochrella
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| Binomial name | |
| Symmetrischema pallidochrella (Chambers, 1872)
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Description edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ The Canadian Entomologist 4 (7): 126
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Symmetrischema Povolný, 1967". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
- ^ "421329.00 – 2037 – Symmetrischema pallidochrella – (Chambers, 1872)". North American Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ^ Landguard Bird Observatory. "Flight Arrivals (message dated 6 November, 2019)". Atropos. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
