Chrysopeleia purpuriella

Chrysopeleia purpuriella is a moth that belongs to family Cosmopterigidae and to the superfamily Gelechioidea.[1] It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1874. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, New York and Ohio.[2][3]

Chrysopeleia purpuriella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Chrysopeleia
Species:
C. purpuriella
Binomial name
Chrysopeleia purpuriella
Chambers, 1874

References

  1. Chrysopeleia purpuriella at the Animal Diversity Web
  2. Chrysopeleia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University


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