Misplaced Pages

Chionodes abella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Chionodes
Species:	C. abella
Binomial name
Chionodes abella (Busck, 1903)
Synonyms
Gelechia abella Busck, 1903

Chionodes abella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Idaho and south-western British Columbia to Colorado, Texas and California.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are white, thickly suffused with fuscous, obliterating the white ground-color except on the apical third of the wing, which is pure white. Near base is an ill-defined oblique costal streak with only a few dark scales therefore appearing whitish against the darker surrounding parts. The hindwings are light fuscous.

The larvae feed on Pseudotsuga menziesii, Abies concolor, Abies grandis, Abies lasiocarpa, Pinus contorta and Pinus radiata.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Chionodes abella​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
2. Chionodes at funet
3. mothphotographersgroup
4. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 25 (1304) : 889 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

• v
• t
• e

• Chionodes
• Moths described in 1903
• Moths of North America
• Chionodes stubs