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Naera fuscocristatella
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Naera fuscocristatella

Naera is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Naera fuscocristatella, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas.

The forewings are ash grey, sometimes nearly white, and sometimes suffused with ochreous and brown, and when the thorax and base of the wings are not so suffused, then the white passes gradually into the grey or ochreous brown, deepening gradually to the apex. There are four brown spots, the first placed on the base of the costa, with the others following in a line departing a little from the extreme costa. Opposite the space between the two last of these spots, and beneath the

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