Chionodes pereyra

Chionodes pereyra is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Massachusetts and Michigan to Florida and Texas.[2][3]

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

The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The forewings are light-brown with a conspicuous, blackish-fuscous spot on the costa at the basal third and elongate blackish-fuscous spots on the fold and in the center of the cell, as well as a spot at the end of the cell. The apical third is fuscous, bisected by a pale transverse fascia at the apical fourth. The hindwings are pale grey basally shading to dark fuscous apically and with a golden sheen.[4]

The larvae feed on Quercus species of the red oak group.

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes pereyra". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. Chionodes at funet
  3. mothphotographersgroup
  4. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 37 : 244


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