Chionodes argentipunctella
| Chionodes argentipunctella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Chionodes |
| Species: | C. argentipunctella |
| Binomial name | |
| Chionodes argentipunctella (Ely, 1910) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chionodes argentipunctella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Vermont, south-eastern Ontario, New Jersey, Illinois and Connecticut.[2][3]
The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are very dark purplish with a white spot on the costa at the apical third, shaded with black anteriorly. There are two black discal spots shaded with white near the middle of the wing and a similar one on the fold, below the first and nearer the base. The hindwings are yellowish.[4]
The larvae feed on Alnus species and Corylus americana.
References
- ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
- ↑ Chionodes at funet
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 12 (2) : 70
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