White-banded Pubitelphusa Moth

Telphusa latifasciella · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Gelechiidae

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
White-banded Pubitelphusa Moth
Photo: Steven Bodzin, CC BY

It occurs across many parts of North America, including numerous U.S. states and Canadian provinces.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It is found in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Recorded locations include many U.S. states such as Alabama, Florida, New York, Texas, and Canadian provinces like Ontario and Quebec.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 15 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Georgia.

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

Source: GBIF

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

Months it is reported in the US

JFMAMJJASOND

Source: GBIF

More photos

White-banded Pubitelphusa Moth photo 2
Photo: Tom Field, CC BY
White-banded Pubitelphusa Moth photo 3
Photo: David Dodd, CC BY
White-banded Pubitelphusa Moth photo 4
Photo: Victor Engel, CC BY
White-banded Pubitelphusa Moth photo 5
Photo: Thomas Irvine, CC BY

Same family (Gelechiidae)

Angoumois Grain MothAngoumois Grain MothSitotroga cerealellaDamages trees, gardens or cropsBlack-smudged Chionodes MothBlack-smudged Chionodes MothChionodes mediofuscellaInverse and Kimball's Dichomeris MothsInverse and Kimball's Dichomeris MothsDichomeris inversellaPink-washed Aristotelia MothPink-washed Aristotelia MothAristotelia roseosuffusellaWhite Stripe-backed MothWhite Stripe-backed MothArogalea cristifasciellaBurdock Seedhead MothBurdock Seedhead MothMetzneria lappella

Sources

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

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia

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

How this page works

This is one bug's fact sheet. The colored box at the top says whether it is dangerous. Sections below cover how to recognize it, whether it is a pest, and how to deal with it. The US map shows which states have records; tap a state to see other bugs there.

Every fact on Bug FAQ comes from a named source (university extension sites, government agencies, GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia). The source is linked next to each section. If we have no source for something, we leave it out.