Ottawa (Dunrobin), ON Canada

20 April 2003   9:06PM EST

My identification of this specimen was initially based on Hodges, R.W., The Moths of North America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.2, Gelechioidea Oecophoridae (London: E.W. Classey, 1974), and subsequently confirmed by Dr. Jean-François Landry of Agriculture Canada, to whom my thanks.

Hodges describes this species as "a generally nondescript, gray-brown moth" with some variation in the color of the forewing, but notes the distinctive dark brown mark immediately anterior to the first anal vein.  The specimen above shows a dark brown mark extending from the base, then touching another dark brown mark in the form of a sharp "V".  Also, dark brown lines mark the veins towards the outer margin.

I have no information on the host plant(s) for this species.  The adult moth flies in the spring. 

I have photographed this species in 2003 on 18 and 20 April.