Chionodes ceanothiella

Chionodes ceanothiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chionodes
Species: C. ceanothiella
Binomial name
Chionodes ceanothiella
(Busck, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia ceanothiella Busck, 1904
  • Gelechia marinensis Keifer, 1935

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

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are dark purplish brown, with a small yellow streak on the middle of the fold, followed by blackish scales. Obliquely above this in the cell is a blackish dot partly surrounded by yellow scales and at the end of the cell is another similar spot. At apical third is a small yellow costal streak and around the apical edge is a more or less complete series of small yellow dots. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[4]

The larvae feed on Ceanothus sanguineus, Ceanothus thyrsiflorus, Ceanothus sorediatus and Ceanothus integerrimus.

References

  1. ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  2. ↑ Chionodes at funet
  3. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  4. ↑ Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 27 (1375) : 760
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