Stegasta capitella

Stegasta capitella, the teaweed moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in West Indies^[1] and the south-eastern United States, where it has been recorded from Florida, Georgia and Texas.^[2]

Stegasta capitella
adult seen in Florida, USA
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Stegasta
Species:	S. capitella
Binomial name
Stegasta capitella (Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
Alucita capitella Fabricius, 1794 Ypsolophus capitatus Fabricius, 1798 Gelechia robustella Walker, 1864 Gelechia rivulella Möschler, 1890

The length of the forewings is about 4 mm. Adults are on wing from February to August and in October and December in Florida.

The larvae feed on peanut and Sida spinosa.^[3]