Biology:Chionodes agriodes

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Short description: Species of moth

Chionodes agriodes
Chionodes agriodes.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chionodes
Species:
C. agriodes
Binomial name
Chionodes agriodes
(Meyrick, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia agriodes Meyrick, 1927
  • Clarke, 1932 Gelechia seculaella

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

Wikidata ☰ Q13463499 entry