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Unknown tort - Chionodes mediofuscella
Copyright © 2007 Steve Scott

Unknown tort - Chionodes mediofuscella
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
April 22, 2007
Size: 1 cm +
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Contributed by Steve Scott on 23 April, 2007 - 6:00pm
Last updated 26 May, 2007 - 10:06am

This
is the site the guide follows for classification.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 26 May, 2007 - 10:06am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Jeff. That helps.
… Steve Scott, 26 May, 2007 - 12:00pm login or register to post comments

2093 -- Black-smudged Chionodes Moth -- Chionodes mediofuscella
Very common here, and every specimen looks different from every other. This one is as completely marked as I have seen (John Davis has an almost identical one) but they must wear very rapidly causing a range of appearances.
… Bob Patterson, 24 April, 2007 - 6:06am login or register to post comments

 
What family
does this fall under for my classification system?
… Steve Scott, 29 April, 2007 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Searching for Classification
Put the name in the search window here and/or at MPG and see what comes up. In any event, this one is in Gelechiidae - Gelechiinae. All-Leps is also a good site for classification data, and it is their example that is followed at BG.N.
… Bob Patterson, 29 April, 2007 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Bob. Your coments match my experience here too. Both size and the degree of markings is quite variable right now. I don't see a genus/species page. I'll move it to Gelechiidae for now, unless you can direct me to the family classification.
… Steve Scott, 24 April, 2007 - 6:46am login or register to post comments

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