Biology:Chionodes discoocellella

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Short description: Species of moth

Chionodes discoocellella
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chionodes
Species:
C. discoocellella
Binomial name
Chionodes discoocellella
(Chambers, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia discoocellella Chambers, 1872
  • Zeller, 1873 Gelechia violaceofusca
Chionodes discoocellella, eyeringed chionodes moth, Size: 7.3 mm

Chionodes discoocellella, the eyeringed chionodes moth, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Maine to South Dakota, Florida, Texas and Colorado.[2][3]

The forewings are brown, tinged with roseate or purple, and faintly streaked with ocherous within the inner margin, and with a yellowish-white spot containing a black central dot at the end of the disc, a small black spot on the fold, and one about the middle of the wing, and with a few ocherous-yellow small spots around the apex between the nervules.[4]

The larvae feed on Fallopia convolvulus, Persicaria chinensis, Persicaria pensylvanica, Persicaria punctata and Rumex crispus.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13463525 entry