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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 xanthophilella - Hodges#2125 (Chionodes xanthophilella)

Species Chionodes xanthophilella - Hodges#2125

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · 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 xanthophilella (Chionodes xanthophilella - Hodges#2125)
Hodges Number
2125
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chionodes xanthophilella (Barnes & Busck, 1920)
Gelechia xanthophilella Barnes & Busck, 1920 (1)
Size
Forewing length: 4.5-9.5 mm. (2), Wingspan: 11-14 mm (1).
Identification
"Forewing mostly ochreous yellow, the dark pattern reduced to the costal and basal half and a weak transverse fascia beyond the end of the cell" (2).
Range
"Ranges from the Mojave Desert in California to southern Nevada, Arizona, and western Texas" (2).
Habitat
Desert (2).
Season
Records from January to October in California, March to July elsewhere (3).
Food
Unknown (2).
See Also
Chionodes oecus and Chionodes repertor are both similar but the margin of the dark streak on basal half of forewing is fairly straight, whereas in xanthophilella the bottom end of the dark streak is bent toward the costal margin. (4)
Chionodes pinguicula is also similar, however the dark fascia along the costa on the basal half of forewing is typically uniformly dark in pinguicula. (4)
Print References
Barnes & Busck, 1920. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 4 (3): 228-229. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America
Barnes, W., & Busck, A. . 1920. The Review Press, Decatur, Ill. 4(3): 211-248.
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 7.6. Gelechioidea, Gelechiidae, Gelechiinae (part: Chionodes)
Ronald W. Hodges. 1999. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 29 January, 2016 - 11:56pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 5 April, 2023 - 1:41pm

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