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Species Chionodes thoraceochrella - Hodges#2119

Beech-munching larva - Chionodes thoraceochrella twirler moth - Chionodes thoraceochrella Chionodes fuscomaculella - Chionodes thoraceochrella Chionodes thoraceochrella  - Chionodes thoraceochrella - male Chionodes thoraceochrella - male Pennsylvania Moth - Chionodes thoraceochrella moth - Chionodes thoraceochrella Chionodes thoraceochrella
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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 (thoraceochrella complex)
Species thoraceochrella (Chionodes thoraceochrella - Hodges#2119)
Hodges Number
2119
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chionodes thoraceochrella (Chambers, 1872)
Gelechia thoraceochrella Chambers, 1872
Gelechia nigrimaculella Busck, 1903 (880)
Phylogenetic Sequence # 420959
Size
Forewing length 5-7 mm. (1)
Identification
Genitalia:

Range
Coast to coast. In the west from Washington south to central California, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and Texas. (1)
Food
Larvae are leaf tiers on oaks in the east but are reported on various trees and shrubs in other areas. (1)
Remarks
One of the most common gelechids at lights. (1)
Print References
Chambers, C.T. 1872. Micro-Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist 6(9): 169
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. Pl.8.45m; p.93 (1)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.