Gelechiidae
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The Gelechiidae are a family of Lepidoptera (moths).
Harmful Gelechiids
- Anarsia lineatella, peach twig borer
- Pectinophora gossypiella - pink bollworm, larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton
- Phthorimaea operculella - potato tuber moth
- Sitotroga cerealella - Angoumois grain moth
Beneficial Gelechiids
- Metzneria paucipunctella - Knapweed seed head moth, used to control Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa)