Symmetrischema capsica, the pepper flowerbud moth, is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Bradley and Povolný in 1965. It is found Mexico, the West Indies, the Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago) and the south-eastern United States, where it has been recorded Florida and Texas. The length of the forewings is 3-3.5 mm. The forewings are ash-gray, mottled with dark gray and yellowish-orange and with two or three grayish-black longitudinal dashes. The hindwings are gray. The larvae feed in the flower buds of Capsicum annuum and Physalis species.