Biology:Chionodes psiloptera
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Chionodes |
| Species: | C. psiloptera
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| Binomial name | |
| Chionodes psiloptera (Barnes & Busck, 1920)
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Chionodes psiloptera is a moth in the family Gelechiidae first described by William Barnes and August Busck in 1920.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Quebec to British Columbia and then to Alaska, eastern Washington (state) , Montana and New York.[2][3]
The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The forewings are shiny blackish brown, nearly black with black tipped, closely applied scales with light yellow bases. There is a small indistinct and diffused yellowish costal spot at the apical third, and an inconspicuous purplish-black spot at the end of the cell, another on the middle of the cell and a third below this latter on the fold. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[4]
The larvae feed on Poa pratensis.
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Chionodes psiloptera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=99641.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Chionodes psiloptera (Barnes & Busck, 1920)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/gelechiinae/chionodes/#psiloptera. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- ↑ "421031.00 – 2111 – Chionodes psiloptera – (Barnes & Busck, 1920)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=2111. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- ↑ Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 4 (3): 230
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Wikidata ☰ Q13463586 entry
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