Genus Dichordophora

1 species in North America listed at All-Leps

2 species in the world

wingspan about 20-26 mm, based on two Internet photos

Adult: forewing green with straight whitish AM and PM lines that curve slightly at costa; distance along costa between AM and PM lines less than 2x distance between PM line and apex; narrow reddish-brown strip along costa has scattered pale patches; green shading slightly darker along medial edge of AM and PM lines; hindwing green with straight whitish PM line having slightly darker green shading along basal edge

Mexico and southwestern United States

deserts; adults are nocturnal and come to light

adults fly from April to September

larvae feed on Skunkbush Sumac (Rhus trilobata)

in species of Dichorda, distance along costa between AM and PM lines is more than 2x distance between PM line and apex (for example, see image of Dichorda rectaria, and compare photos of other species by Jim Vargo in MPG link below)

pinned adult image and foodplant of D. phoenix (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)

pinned adult image of D. phoenix plus photos of related species by Jim Vargo (Moth Photographers Group)

live adult images by Jillian Cowles, Arizona (Moth Photographers Group)

pinned adult images plus dates and locations (Friends Central School, Pennsylvania)

image of wings and collection site map (All-Leps)

habitat and distribution (Adam Porter, U. of California at Davis, courtesy Yale U., Connecticut)

presence in California; list of 4 specimen records with dates and locations (U. of California at Berkeley)

possible presence in Colorado; list but no indication whether the species occurs there or is merely represented by specimens in a collection (U. of Colorado)

author, date, type species and location, number of world species (Brian Pitkin et al, Butterflies and Moths of the World)