Chionodes kincaidella

Chionodes kincaidella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chionodes
Species: C. kincaidella
Binomial name
Chionodes kincaidella
(Busck, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia kincaidella Busck, 1907
  • Gnorimoschema laguna Busck, 1912
  • Gelechia coticola Busck, 1913
  • Gelechia chloroschema Meyrick, 1923
  • Gelechia notochlora Meyrick, 1929
  • Chionodes acanthocarpae Clarke, 1947

Chionodes kincaidella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from south-western Alberta to Texas, New Mexico and California.[2][3]

The wingspan is 17-21 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with a broad whitish-ochreous dorsal stripe occupying two-fifths of the wing and extending to the middle of the termen, sometimes posteriorly fuscous-sprinkled, the upper edge forming a variably developed prominence beyond the middle, the ground colour of the wing suffused blackish along the upper edge. There is a suffused whitish-ochreous spot on the costa towards the apex, the apex of the dorsal streak sometimes forming a slight projection opposite this. The hindwings are light grey.[4]

The larvae feed on Atriplex acanthocarpa.

References

  1. ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  2. ↑ Chionodes at funet
  3. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  4. ↑ Exot. Microlep. 3 (16): 489
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