Chionodes continuella

Chionodes continuella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, the Iberian Peninsula, Switzerland and most of the Balkan Peninsula),[1] east to Japan.[2] It is also present in most of North America.[3]

Chionodes continuella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Chionodes
Species:
C. continuella
Binomial name
Chionodes continuella
(Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia continuella Zeller, 1839
  • Gelechia brumella Clemens, 1864
  • Gelechia trimaculella Packard, 1867
  • Gelechia albomaculella Chambers, 1875

The wingspan is 10–16 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August in western Europe.

The larvae feed on Pinophyta species,[4] but have also been recorded on Cladonia species, including Cladonia rangiferina.[5]

Common name

The species is sometimes referred to as spring oak leafroller, although the larvae do not feed on oak species. Furthermore, this common name is also applied to Chionodes formosella.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Japanese Moths
  3. mothphotographersgroup
  4. Bug Guide
  5. "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2013-09-12.


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