Chionodes argentipunctella

Chionodes argentipunctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chionodes
Species: C. argentipunctella
Binomial name
Chionodes argentipunctella
(Ely, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia argentipunctella Ely, 1910

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.

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