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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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"Gelechiidae"