Dichomeris georgiella

Distinguished from similar Dichomeris species by the combination of: small size (19–21 mm wingspan), light ochreous fuscous forewings with black sprinkling, two small white discal spots (one at end of cell with black edging, one smaller mid-cell dot), and faint brick red tint on costal edge. The faint row of black dots on the slightly darker terminal edge is also characteristic. Similar species may lack the paired discal spots or show different forewing coloration.

Small moth with wingspan 19–21 mm. Forewings light ochreous fuscous sprinkled with black; costal edge narrowly and faintly touched with brick red. Two small, inconspicuous white discal spots present: one at the end of the cell, edged with black, and a smaller dot of a few scales on the middle of the cell. Terminal edge with very faint row of black dots, slightly darker than rest of wing. Hindwings light fuscous.

Associated with oak forests and woodlands where host trees occur.

North America: southeastern Canada (Ontario, Quebec) and Maine south to Florida, west to Texas, Oklahoma, and Illinois; also recorded from Colorado and Arizona.

Adults on wing from March to October.

Larvae feed on Quercus coccinea (scarlet oak) and Quercus rubra (northern red oak). Adult diet unknown.

• Quercus coccinea - larval hostscarlet oak
• Quercus rubra - larval hostnorthern red oak

Larval herbivore on oak species; specific ecological role otherwise undocumented.

• Other Dichomeris speciesSimilar small size and general gelechiid morphology; distinguished by specific wing pattern elements including paired discal spots and costal coloration

• Gelechiidae
• oak feeder
• North American moth
• spring to fall flight

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