Chionodes xanthophilella

Chionodes xanthophilella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae first described by William Barnes and August Busck in 1920.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and North Dakota.[2][3]

Chionodes xanthophilella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Chionodes
Species:
C. xanthophilella
Binomial name
Chionodes xanthophilella
(Barnes & Busck, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia xanthophilella Barnes & Busck, 1920

The wingspan is 11–14 mm. The forewings are light yellow with a blackish-brown longitudinal streak through the middle of the wing from the base to the middle of the cell, where it bends obliquely upwards to the middle of costa. The costal edge above this line is sprinkled with black and there is an ill-defined, irregular blackish-brown fascia at the apical third, containing a short black transverse spot at the end of the cell. The hindwings are silvery white.[4]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes xanthophilella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Chionodes xanthophilella (Barnes & Busck, 1920)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  3. "420936.00 – 2125 – Chionodes xanthophilella – (Barnes & Busck, 1920)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  4. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 4 (3): 228


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