Chionodes argosema

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Chionodes argosema
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chionodes
Species:
C. argosema
Binomial name
Chionodes argosema
(Meyrick, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia argosema Meyrick, 1917

Chionodes argosema is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in Ecuador.[2]

The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous with a sub-triangular transverse ochreous-white spot from the dorsum before the tornus, reaching half across the wing, and a smaller spot from the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes argosema​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. ^ Chionodes at funet
  3. ^ Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (1) : 50 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.