| Chionodes psiloptera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Chionodes |
| Species: | C. psiloptera
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| Binomial name | |
| Chionodes psiloptera | |
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Chionodes psiloptera is a moth in the family Gelechiidae first described by William Barnes and August Busck in 1920.1 It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Quebec to British Columbia and then to Alaska, eastern Washington, Montana and New York.23
The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The forewings are shiny blackish brown, nearly black with black tipped, closely applied scales with light yellow bases. There is a small indistinct and diffused yellowish costal spot at the apical third, and an inconspicuous purplish-black spot at the end of the cell, another on the middle of the cell and a third below this latter on the fold. The hindwings are dark fuscous.4
The larvae feed on Poa pratensis.
References
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes psiloptera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- Savela, Markku. "Chionodes psiloptera (Barnes & Busck, 1920)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- "421031.00 – 2111 – Chionodes psiloptera – (Barnes & Busck, 1920)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 4 (3): 230 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.