Glauce is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains only one species, Glauce pectenalaeella, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.[1][2]

Glauce pectenalaeella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Gelechiinae
Tribe: Litini
Genus: Glauce
Chambers, 1875[1]
Species:
G. pectenalaeella
Binomial name
Glauce pectenalaeella
Chambers, 1875

The ground color is pale yellowish, almost entirely obscured by dense fuscous dusting and fuscous spots. The apex of the forewings is more deeply fuscous.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Glauce". ftp.funet.fi. Markku Savela. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Glauce pectenalaeella". mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. Mississippi Entomological Museum. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  3. ^ Can. Ent. 7 (1): 12   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.