Coverdale's Anacampsis Moth

Anacampsis coverdalella · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Gelechiidae

Also called: Coverdale's Anacampsis

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Coverdale's Anacampsis Moth
Photo: David Dodd, CC BY

The moth has a wingspan of about 10 to 11.5 mm. Its forewings are dark purplish-brown at the base and again in the outer fourth, with a bright yellow band in between; the division lines are vertical and slightly serrated. It occurs in the United States, recorded from several southern and eastern states.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The base of the forewings is dark purplish-brown from the costa to the inner margin. From the base to the outer fourth the wing is canary yellow. The outer fourth returns to the dark purplish-brown color, with vertical, slightly serrated division lines.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Wingspan ranges from 10 to 11.5 mm.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 14 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Florida, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, Maryland.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in United States. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Coverdale's Anacampsis Moth photo 2
Photo: harrier, CC BY
Coverdale's Anacampsis Moth photo 3
Photo: Abby Darrah, CC BY
Coverdale's Anacampsis Moth photo 4
Photo: Jeff Niznik, CC BY-SA
Coverdale's Anacampsis Moth photo 5
Photo: Leila Dasher, CC BY

Same family (Gelechiidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacampsis_coverdalella

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-24.

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