Chionodes chrysopyla

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Chionodes chrysopyla
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chionodes
Species:
C. chrysopyla
Binomial name
Chionodes chrysopyla
(Keifer, 1935)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia chrysopylaKeifer, 1935

Chionodes chrysopyla is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. [1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California, Arizona, Washington and British Columbia. [2] [3]

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The forewings are whitish and whitish ochreous, unevenly irrorated and overlaid blackish. There is a light area from the costa near the base pointing obliquely toward the plical stigma which is indistinctly blackish at one-third. There is a black oblique band from about the costal one-fourth, beyond the light area, to the first discal stigma which is moderately large and black. The second discal is black, large, irregular at two-thirds. Beyond this, the wing area is darker and there is a whitish narrow zig-zag fascia from the costa to the tornus and there are indications of lighter spots around the apical margins. The hindwings are light grey basally, darker apically. [4]

The larvae feed on Quercus agrifolia , Quercus lobata , Quercus wislizenii and Quercus dumosa .

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes chrysopyla​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. ↑ Chionodes at funet
  3. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  4. ↑ Calif. Dept. Agric., Mon. Bull. 24 : 201 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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