Web-worm
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Friseria
mesquite web worm (for F. cockerelli)
Friseria is a genus of small moths in the family Gelechiidae, established by Busck in 1939. The genus contains at least nine described species distributed in North America. One species, Friseria cockerelli, is known as the mesquite web worm and has been studied for its larval habit of constructing silken webs on host plants. Most species remain poorly documented beyond taxonomic descriptions.