Recurvaria consimilis

Recurvaria consimilis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia.^[1][2]

The wingspan is about 8.5-9.5 mm. The forewings are black, with scattered bluish white scales and a black spot near the base of the dorsum, a minute patch of raised black scales at the base of the fold and three larger such patches in a row, the first two below the fold, the third above, each edged behind with bluish white scales, and a fourth smaller patch just beyond the dorsal arm of the fascia. Above the second of the row is a smaller similar patch and there are also black spots on the costa at the basal third, the middle and two-thirds. The third inwardly margins a narrow sinuate white fascia on the costa. The hindwings are silvery grey, deeper toward the apex.^[3]

The larvae feed on Ceanothus americanus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts half-depth and runs longitudinally alongside the mid-vein of the leaf. The larva then makes a full-depth mine that runs towards the lateral leaf margin and later runs from the lateral tracks toward the apex of the leaf.^[4]

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