Species Chionodes gilvomaculella - Hodges#2080

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

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)

Species gilvomaculella (Chionodes gilvomaculella - Hodges#2080)

Hodges Number

2080

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chionodes gilvomaculella (Clemens, 1863)

Phylogenetic sequence #062600

Original Combination:

Gelechia gilvomaculella Clemens, 1863

Identification

The forewings are dark brownish, with an indistinct yellowish spot on the costa near the base of the wing and one of the same color on the middle of the costa, extended indistinctly or diffusely to the fold, where there is a blackish-brown spot. A yellowish streak is found on the costa near the tip, with an opposite one of the same color on the inner margin. The hindwings are dark grayish.(1)

Range

Found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia and southern Ontario to West Virginia and Ohio (1)

Distribution & Flight-period Chart (2)

Food

Larvae feed on Quercus species. (1)

See Also

Chionodes cacula - very similar, but can be separated by dissection.

Print References

Clemens, B. 1863. American Micro-lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia. 2(1): 12

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group – [photographs are needed for this species] (2)

BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens (3)

Wikipedia - description & image (1)

Works Cited

1.	Wikipedia

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 11 February, 2016 - 3:57pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Steve Morris
Last updated 4 September, 2023 - 8:44am

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