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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 » phalacra group (Chionodes phalacra group) » Chionodes mariona - Hodges#2092 (Chionodes mariona)

Species Chionodes mariona - Hodges#2092

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 (phalacra group)
Species mariona (Chionodes mariona - Hodges#2092)
Hodges Number
2092
Explanation of Names
Chionodes mariona (Heinrich)
Orig. Comb: Telphusa mariona Heinrich, 1921 (1)
* phylogenetic sequence #063200
Size
Wingspan 9-11 mm. (1)
Larva to 6.5-7 mm. (1)
Identification
Adult - forewings glossy black with two conspicuous cream-colored spots; one, a short triangular dash on outer third of costa; the other, an irregular spot of about the same size on dorsum just beyond middle.
Larva - long; slender bodied, yellowish white with a subdorsal and a lateral longitudinal row of large red blotches and a longitudinal row of smaller red spots.
Range
se. AZ to s. TX / Mex. Map (MPG)
Food
Larvae are leaf folders in various mallows (Malvaceae) including pelotazo (Abutilon incanum) and Berlandier's Indian mallow (Abutilon berlandieri), as well as species of Malvastrum, Sida and Wissadula. (1)
Remarks
Type Locality: Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas
See Also
Larvae very similar to Pyroderces rileyi but differs most strikingly in the arrangement of the red markings, which are in spots or blotches rather than in continuous bands. (1)
Print References
Heinrich, C. 1921. Some Lepidoptera likely to be confused with the Pink Bollworm. Journal of Agricultural Research 20(10): 812-813 (1)
Hodges, R.W. 1999. Moths of America North of Mexico. Gelechioidea, Gelechiidae, Gelechiinae (part: Chionodes). Fascicle 7.6. p.168, pl.3.8 (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Works Cited
1.Some Lepidoptera Likely To Be Confused with the Pink Bollworm
Heinrich, Carl. 1921. Journal of Agricultural Research. v. 20, no. 10, pp. 820-821.
2.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 Abigail Parker on 28 February, 2012 - 11:16am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy
Last updated 22 November, 2020 - 2:42pm

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