Chionodes notandella

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

Chionodes notandella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Chionodes
Species:
C. notandella
Binomial name
Chionodes notandella
(Busck, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia notandella Busck, 1916

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, longitudinally streaked with whitish fuscous, except on the extreme tip of the wing which is uniform dark fuscous. Just beyond the middle of the cell is a black spot and at the end of the cell is a similar spot, both are slightly edged with white scales. There is a series of ill-defined black dots around the apical edge. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[4]

The larvae feed on Eriogonum latifolium.

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes notandella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. Chionodes at funet
  3. mothphotographersgroup
  4. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 18 (2) : 149


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