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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 » lugubrella group (Chionodes lugubrella group) » tragicella complex (Chionodes tragicella complex) » Chionodes aristella - Hodges#2062 (Chionodes aristella)
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Moth - Chionodes aristella
Copyright © 2019 cwmelton

Moth - Chionodes aristella
Terry Flat, White Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
July 5, 2019
Size: Forewing Length 8 mm.
Spruce, Fir, Aspen woodland.
Elevation 9,600. ft.

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Contributed by cwmelton on 13 July, 2019 - 4:25pm
Last updated 7 September, 2019 - 5:43am

Moved to Chionodes aristella
Moved from Twirler Moths.

I believe this is Chionodes aristella. See Info Page for references.
… Steve Nanz, 7 September, 2019 - 5:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths. Don't know what it is, but it and Dichomeris marginella present a nice example of convergent evolution.
… Aaron Hunt, 25 August, 2019 - 1:06am login or register to post comments

 
Also
Aroga morenella and Chionodes rogator per Hodges (1999).
… Steve Nanz, 7 September, 2019 - 5:47am login or register to post comments

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