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(Redirected from Gelechia pleroma) Species of moth

Chionodes pleroma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chionodes
Species: C. pleroma
Binomial name
Chionodes pleroma
(Walsingham, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia pleroma Walsingham, 1911

Chionodes pleroma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca).

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are purplish fuscous, with very faintly indicated pale brownish cinereous mottling, a small costal spot of the same at three-fourths from the base somewhat more distinct. The hindwings are bronzy brownish.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Chionodes pleroma​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. Chionodes at funet
  3. Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 68 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Chionodes pleroma


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