Chionodes argosema

Chionodes argosema is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in Ecuador.[2]

Chionodes argosema
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Chionodes
Species:
C. argosema
Binomial name
Chionodes argosema
(Meyrick, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia argosema Meyrick, 1917

The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous with a sub-triangular transverse ochreous-white spot from the dorsum before the tornus, reaching half across the wing, and a smaller spot from the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes argosema". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. Chionodes at funet
  3. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (1) : 50


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