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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 sabinianae - Hodges#2113 (Chionodes sabinianae)

Species Chionodes sabinianae - Hodges#2113

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Gelechiidae: Chionodes sabinianae? - Chionodes sabinianae

Chionodes sabinianae. - Chionodes sabinianae

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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 sabinianae (Chionodes sabinianae - Hodges#2113)

Hodges Number

2113

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chionodes sabinianae Powell, 1959 (1)

Size

Wingspan: (1)

♂ 12.2-14 mm.

♀ 14.3-15.6 mm.

Powell & Opler (2009) report forewing length 5.5-8 mm. (2)

Range

British Columbia to southern California. (2)

Habitat

Coastal. (2)

Food

Larval host is Pinus spp. including: (2)

Pinus sabiniana Douglas ex Douglas (California foothill pine)

P. coulteri D. Don (Coulter pine)

P. ponderosa Lawson & C. Lawson (ponderosa pine)

P. raddiata D. Don (Monterey pine)

P. muricata d. Don (Bishop pine)

Print References

Hodges, R.W., 1999. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 7.6. p. 79, pl. 1.48. (3)

Powell, J.A. 1959. A new species of the genus Chionodes in California (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). Entomological News. 70: 127. (1)

Powell, J.A., & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. p. 92, pl. 8.34. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	A New Species Of The Genus Chionodes In California (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) Jerry A Powell. 1959. Entomological News 70: 127-130.

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	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 Maury J. Heiman on 23 April, 2013 - 10:16am
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 6:04pm

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