Chionodes argosema

Chionodes argosema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chionodes
Species: C. argosema
Binomial name
Chionodes argosema
(Meyrick, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia argosema Meyrick, 1917

Chionodes argosema is a moth in the Gelechiidae family.[1] It is found in Ecuador.[2]

The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous with a sub-triangular transverse ochreous-white spot from the dorsum before the tornus, reaching half across the wing, and a smaller spot from the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are grey.[3]

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