Chionodes lophosella

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

Chionodes lophosella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Washington to California.[2][3]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are blackish fuscous, with poorly defined ornamentation. There is a small tuft of brown and black scales near the base and a similar tuft of raised scales on the middle of the cell, as well as a somewhat larger tuft obliquely below on the fold, edged with light brown. There are two small, nearly confluent tufts of black scales at the end of the cell, surrounded by light brown. A conspicuous white costal spot is found at the apical fourth and the edge of the wing has a few scattered white scales before the cilia. The hindwings are rather dark fuscous.[4]

The larvae feed on Lupinus chamissonis and Lupinus arboreus.

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