Chionodes discoocellella
| Chionodes discoocellella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Chionodes |
| Species: | C. discoocellella |
| Binomial name | |
| Chionodes discoocellella (Chambers, 1872) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chionodes discoocellella, the eyeringed chionodes moth, is a moth in the Gelechiidae family.[1] It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Maine to South Dakota, Florida, Texas and Colorado.[2][3]
The forewings are brown, tinged with roseate or purple, and faintly streaked with ocherous within the inner margin, and with a yellowish-white spot containing a black central dot at the end of the disc, a small black spot on the fold, and one about the middle of the wing, and with a few ocherous-yellow small spots around the apex between the nervules.[4]
The larvae feed on Polygonum pensylvanicum, Polygonum convolvulus, Polygonum punctatum, Polygonum densiflorum and Rumex crispus.
References
- ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
- ↑ Chionodes at funet
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ Can. Ent. 4 (10): 194
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