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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 » obscurusella group (Chionodes obscurusella group) » thoraceochrella complex (Chionodes thoraceochrella complex) » Chionodes thoraceochrella - Hodges#2119 (Chionodes thoraceochrella)

Species Chionodes thoraceochrella - Hodges#2119

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Beech-munching larva - Chionodes thoraceochrella

Chionodes thoraceochrella, 2119 - Chionodes thoraceochrella

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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 (obscurusella group)

No Taxon (thoraceochrella complex)

Species thoraceochrella (Chionodes thoraceochrella - Hodges#2119)

Hodges Number

2119

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chionodes thoraceochrella (Chambers, 1872)

Gelechia thoraceochrella Chambers, 1872

Gelechia nigrimaculella Busck, 1903 (880)

Phylogenetic Sequence # 420959

Size

Forewing length 5-7 mm. (1)

Identification

Genitalia:

♀

♂

Range

Coast to coast. In the west from Washington south to central California, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and Texas. (1)

Food

Larvae are leaf tiers on oaks in the east but are reported on various trees and shrubs in other areas. (1)

Remarks

One of the most common gelechids at lights. (1)

Print References

Chambers, C.T. 1872. Micro-Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist 6(9): 169

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. Pl.8.45m; p.93 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 19 December, 2013 - 4:44am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 29 August, 2023 - 7:10pm

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