Chionodes johnstoni

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

Chionodes johnstoni is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California.[1][2] The Global Lepidoptera Names Index has it as a synonym of Chionodes gilvomaculella.[3]

The wingspan is 11–16 mm. The forewings are fuscous with four small blackish-fuscous spots preceded and followed by pale yellow scales. There is a small blackish-fuscous shade on the base of the costa, mixed with pale-yellow scales. There is also a prominent pale-yellow spot on the costa at the apical fourth, extending across the wing. Two or three small pale-yellow spots are found along the termen. The hindwings are greyish fuscous, darker at the margins.[4]

References

  1. Chionodes at funet
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes gilvomaculella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  4. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 37 : 246


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