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Species Chionodes macor - Hodges#2086.1

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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 macor (Chionodes macor - Hodges#2086.1)

Hodges Number

2086.1

Size

Forewing length 6.7-8.3 mm (1)

Range

southwest Wyoming and Colorado to eastern Inyo and and San Bernardino counties in California (1)

Season

mid-March to late June; later dates in Wyoming (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 7.6. Gelechioidea, Gelechiidae, Gelechiinae (part: Chionodes) Ronald W. Hodges. 1999. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

Contributed by Steve Morris on 10 January, 2023 - 3:22pm

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