Silver-dashed anacampsis

Anacampsis levipedella · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Gelechiidae

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Silver-dashed anacampsis
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY

The silver-dashed anacampsis has dark brown forewings with a coppery line and distinctive white streaks on the costa. It lives in North America and has been recorded from many U.S. states including Alabama, Florida, New York, Texas and Wisconsin.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Forewings are dark brown with a coppery line and have two short white streaks on the leading edge, one oblique near the middle and another triangular one nearer the tip.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It is found in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 29 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Alabama.

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

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Silver-dashed anacampsis photo 2
Photo: Justin Williams, CC BY
Silver-dashed anacampsis photo 3
Photo: Ilona, CC BY-SA
Silver-dashed anacampsis photo 4
Photo: Ilona, CC BY-SA
Silver-dashed anacampsis photo 5
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY-SA

Questions people ask

What does the silver-dashed anacampsis look like?

Its forewings are dark brown with a coppery line and have two short white streaks on the costa, one oblique near the middle and a triangular one nearer the tip.

Source: Wikipedia

Where is the silver-dashed anacampsis found?

It occurs throughout North America and has been recorded in many U.S. states such as Alabama, Florida, New York, Texas and Wisconsin.

Source: Wikipedia

What family does the silver-dashed anacampsis belong to?

It is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Gelechiidae)

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Sources

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

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Text written 2026-10-26 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-26.

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