Biology:Chionodes kincaidella
Chionodes kincaidella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Chionodes |
Species: | C. kincaidella
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Binomial name | |
Chionodes kincaidella (Busck, 1907)
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Chionodes kincaidella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from south-western Alberta to Texas , New Mexico and California .[2][3]
The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with a broad whitish-ochreous dorsal stripe occupying two-fifths of the wing and extending to the middle of the termen, sometimes posteriorly fuscous-sprinkled, the upper edge forming a variably developed prominence beyond the middle, the ground colour of the wing suffused blackish along the upper edge. There is a suffused whitish-ochreous spot on the costa towards the apex, the apex of the dorsal streak sometimes forming a slight projection opposite this. The hindwings are light grey.[4]
The larvae feed on Atriplex acanthocarpa.
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Chionodes kincaidella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=99584.
- ↑ Chionodes at funet
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ Exot. Microlep. 3 (16): 489
Wikidata ☰ Q13463547 entry
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