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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) » abella complex (Chionodes abella complex) » Chionodes lactans - Hodges#2095.6 (Chionodes lactans)

Species Chionodes lactans - Hodges#2095.6

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Arizona Moth for ID - Chionodes lactans
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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 (abella complex)
Species lactans (Chionodes lactans - Hodges#2095.6)
Hodges Number
2095.6
Size
forewing length 4-6 mm (1)
Identification
Dark-gray/gray-brown forewings with pair of whitish spots at 3/4 wing length, one on anterior margin and one on posterior margin; is some specimens the spots fuse to form fascia bar. More detailed description found in MONA Fascicle 7.6. (1)
Range
New Jersey and North Carolina west to west-central Utah and southern Arizona (1)
Season
late April to mid-July (1)
See Also
Chionodes imber typically only exibits single whitish forewing spots near the costa. (1)
Chionodes meddix typically only exibits single whitish forewing spots near the costa. (1)
Aroga trialbamaculella (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 1 February, 2023 - 2:01pm
Last updated 17 February, 2023 - 11:26am

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