Gelechiidae
PHOTO CAPTION: Chrysoesthia drurella (Fabr.) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Photographed by Keith Edkins
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
Beneficial Gelechiids
- Metzneria paucipunctella – Knapweed seed head moth, used to control Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa)
