Chionodes chlorocephala

Chionodes chlorocephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chionodes
Species: C. chlorocephala
Binomial name
Chionodes chlorocephala
(Meyrick, 1932)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia chlorocephala Meyrick, 1932

Chionodes chlorocephala is a moth in the Gelechiidae family.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from New Mexico, California and Mexico.[2][3]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are fuscous, slightly speckled whitish, with the dorsal edge ochreous-white near the base and with a small light ochreous mark from the costa near the base, as well as a small obscure darker spot in the disc towards the base, partially surrounded by brownish-ochreous suffusion. The stigmata are very small, white, the discal approximated, partly edged blackish, the plical very obliquely before the first discal, followed by a blackish mark. There is an obscure brownish-ochreous transverse shade at three-fourths, rather angulated and interrupted in the middle, on the costa forming a small whitish-ochreous spot. The hindwings are light grey.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  2. ↑ Chionodes at funet
  3. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  4. ↑ Exotic Microlep. 4 (11): 351


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