Chionodes chrysopyla
Chionodes chrysopyla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Chionodes |
Species: | C. chrysopyla |
Binomial name | |
Chionodes chrysopyla (Keifer, 1935) | |
Synonyms | |
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Chionodes chrysopyla is a moth in the Gelechiidae family.[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.
References
- ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
- ↑ Chionodes at funet
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ Calif. Dept. Agric., Mon. Bull. 24 : 201