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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Gelechiini » Chionodes » formosella group (Chionodes formosella group) » sistrella complex (Chionodes sistrella complex) » Chionodes pinguicula - Hodges#2109 (Chionodes pinguicula)

Species Chionodes pinguicula - Hodges#2109

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)
Subfamily Gelechiinae
Tribe Gelechiini
Genus Chionodes
No Taxon (formosella group)
No Taxon (sistrella complex)
Species pinguicula (Chionodes pinguicula - Hodges#2109)
Hodges Number
2109
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chionodes pinguicula (Meyrick, 1929)
Size
forewing length = 4.9-6.6 mm (1)
Identification
Detailed description can be found in MONA Fascicle 7-6 at the link in citations below. (1)
Range
Colorado to Texas and west to California (1)
See Also
Chionodes plutor is very similar must be separated by genitalia, however plutor is only currently known from two widely separated localities in Texas and California. (1)
Chionodes xanthophilella is also very similar, however the dark fascia at the basal half of wing is not uniformly dark as it is in pinguicula. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – images of live & pinned adults
CalPhotos – image of pinned adult
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 7.6. Gelechioidea, Gelechiidae, Gelechiinae (part: Chionodes)
Ronald W. Hodges. 1999. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 10 April, 2013 - 7:46am
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 5 April, 2023 - 1:43pm

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