Biology:Chionodes lophosella

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Short description: Species of moth

Chionodes lophosella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chionodes
Species:
C. lophosella
Binomial name
Chionodes lophosella
(Busck, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia lophosella Busck, 1910

Chionodes lophosella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Washington to California .[2][3]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are blackish fuscous, with poorly defined ornamentation. There is a small tuft of brown and black scales near the base and a similar tuft of raised scales on the middle of the cell, as well as a somewhat larger tuft obliquely below on the fold, edged with light brown. There are two small, nearly confluent tufts of black scales at the end of the cell, surrounded by light brown. A conspicuous white costal spot is found at the apical fourth and the edge of the wing has a few scattered white scales before the cilia. The hindwings are rather dark fuscous.[4]

The larvae feed on Lupinus chamissonis and Lupinus arboreus.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Chionodes lophosella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=99594.  Note: This source has 1909 as the year of description.
  2. Chionodes at funet
  3. mothphotographersgroup
  4. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 11 (4) : 182 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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