Ash-coloured crest

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Acompsia cinerella

Ash-coloured crest, a reference photo
Photo: Hectonichus · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Acompsia cinerella, the ash-coloured sober, is a small lepidopteran species of the twirler moth family (Gelechiidae). It is the type species of the genus Acompsia, once assigned to the subfamily Anacampsinae but generally placed in the Dichomeridinae. The species was first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1759.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Ash-coloured crest being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Gelechiidae
Species
Acompsia cinerella

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