Chionodes obscurusella

Chionodes obscurusella, the boxelder leafworm moth, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia to Manitoba, south to North Carolina and Oklahoma.[2][3]

Chionodes obscurusella
Chionodes obscurusella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Chionodes
Species:
C. obscurusella
Binomial name
Chionodes obscurusella
(Chambers, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria obscurusella Chambers, 1872
  • Gelechia fuscopulvella Chambers, 1872
  • Gelechia obscurella Walsingham, 1903
  • Gelechia negundella Heinrich, 1920
  • Chionodes asema Clarke, 1947

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are dull ochreous fuscous spotted with black, with a small black sub-costal dot at the base of the wing. There is a small black dash from the basal third of the costa, below and beyond this and occupying about the middle of the cell is a broad ill-defined patch of blackish scales. There is a more or less obscure shading of black scales on the middle of the costa, as well as a black dash just before the apical third of the costa, and below it, extending to the dorsum, an irregular, ill-defined black line. A faint dusting of black scales is found near the outer margin of the wing. The hindwings are very pale, semi-transparent whitish-fuscous.[4]

The larvae are leaf-tiers on Acer negundo and Acer saccharum.

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes obscurusella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. Chionodes at funet
  3. mothphotographersgroup
  4. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 57 (2305) : 63


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