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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 » obscurusella group (Chionodes obscurusella group) » fondella complex (Chionodes fondella complex) » Chionodes pseudofondella - Hodges#2110 (Chionodes pseudofondella)

Species Chionodes pseudofondella - Hodges#2110

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References
Gelechiidae: Chionodes pseudofondella - Chionodes pseudofondella Gelechiidae larva on Mountain Mint - Chionodes pseudofondella Gelechiidae, lateral - Chionodes pseudofondella Chionodes pseudofondella Chionodes pseudofondella Chionodes - Chionodes pseudofondella Gelechiidae, on Mountain Mint - Chionodes pseudofondella Gelechiidae, dorsal - Chionodes pseudofondella
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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 (obscurusella group)
No Taxon (fondella complex)
Species pseudofondella (Chionodes pseudofondella - Hodges#2110)
Hodges Number
2110
Explanation of Names
Author: Busck, 1908
Food
Larvae feed in flower heads of mountain mint (Lamiaceae: Pycnanthemum).
Life Cycle
Life cycle images:
plant damage on Mountain Mint; tunnel in damaged flowers; larva; adult
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 16 January, 2013 - 4:04pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor
Last updated 27 January, 2017 - 2:19pm

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