Chionodes argentipunctella

Chionodes argentipunctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Chionodes
Species:	C. argentipunctella
Binomial name
	Chionodes argentipunctella; (Ely, 1910)
Synonyms
	Gelechia argentipunctella Ely, 1910;

Chionodes argentipunctella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.^[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Vermont, south-eastern Ontario, New Jersey, Illinois and Connecticut.^[2]^[3]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are very dark purplish with a white spot on the costa at the apical third, shaded with black anteriorly. There are two black discal spots shaded with white near the middle of the wing and a similar one on the fold, below the first and nearer the base. The hindwings are yellowish.^[4]

The larvae feed on Alnus species and Corylus americana.

References[]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes argentipunctella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
^ Chionodes at funet
^ mothphotographersgroup
^ Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 12 (2) : 70 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes argentipunctella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.

[2] Chionodes at funet

[3] thphotographersgroup

[4] Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 12 (2) : 70 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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