Gelechiidae

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The Gelechiidae are a family of Lepidoptera (moths). These are generally very small moths with narrow, fringed wings. The larvae of most species feed internally on various parts of their host plants, sometimes causing galls.

Harmful Gelechiids

Anacampsis sarcitella, pack moth
Anarsia lineatella, peach twig borer
Pectinophora gossypiella, - pink bollworm, larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton
Phthorimaea operculella, - potato tuber moth
Sitotroga cerealella, - Angoumois grain moth
Tuta absoluta, - tomato leafminer

Beneficial Gelechiids

Metzneria paucipunctella - Knapweed seed head moth, used to control Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa)

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[Family Gelichiidae]

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