Biology:Chionodes agriodes
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Short description: Species of moth
| Chionodes agriodes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Chionodes |
| Species: | C. agriodes
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| Binomial name | |
| Chionodes agriodes (Meyrick, 1927)
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Chionodes agriodes is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Alberta and southern British Columbia to Utah, Colorado and California .[2][3]
The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are light grey irrorated dark grey and with the stigmata blackish-grey, the plical and first discal elongate, the plical somewhat anterior, the second discal roundish but with a fine projecting dash anteriorly. There is a marginal series of small cloudy blackish-grey spots around the posterior part of the costa and termen partly in the cilia. The hindwings are light bluish-grey.[4]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Chionodes agriodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=99502.
- ↑ Chionodes at funet
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ Exot. Microlep. 3 (11): 350
Wikidata ☰ Q13463499 entry
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