Chionodes grandis

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

Chionodes grandis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Chionodes
Species:
C. grandis
Binomial name
Chionodes grandis
Clarke, 1947

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The forewings are dark purplish fuscous with ill-defined blackish-fuscous spots on the fold, at the basal fourth, in the center of the cell and at the end of cell. There is a small, indistinct, pale spot at the apical third on the costa. The hindwings are shining greyish fuscous.[4]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes grandis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. Chionodes at funet
  3. mothphotographersgroup
  4. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 37 : 253


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