Chionodes kincaidella

Chionodes kincaidella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from south-western Alberta to Texas, New Mexico and California.[2][3]

Chionodes kincaidella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Chionodes
Species:
C. kincaidella
Binomial name
Chionodes kincaidella
(Busck, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia kincaidella Busck, 1907
  • Gnorimoschema laguna Busck, 1912
  • Gelechia coticola Busck, 1913
  • Gelechia chloroschema Meyrick, 1923
  • Gelechia notochlora Meyrick, 1929
  • Chionodes acanthocarpae Clarke, 1947

The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with a broad whitish-ochreous dorsal stripe occupying two-fifths of the wing and extending to the middle of the termen, sometimes posteriorly fuscous-sprinkled, the upper edge forming a variably developed prominence beyond the middle, the ground colour of the wing suffused blackish along the upper edge. There is a suffused whitish-ochreous spot on the costa towards the apex, the apex of the dorsal streak sometimes forming a slight projection opposite this. The hindwings are light grey.[4]

The larvae feed on Atriplex acanthocarpa.

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes kincaidella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. Chionodes at funet
  3. mothphotographersgroup
  4. Exot. Microlep. 3 (16): 489


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