Chionodes fumatella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Chionodes |
| Species: | C. fumatella
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| Chionodes fumatella (Douglas, 1850)
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Chionodes fumatella, the downland groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in almost all of Europe (except Portugal and Croatia).[1] Outside of Europe, it is found in Turkey, the Caucasus, Mongolia and from Siberia to the Russian Far East.[2]
The wingspan is 12–19 mm.[3][4] Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August.[5] The larvae have been reared on Lotus corniculatus.
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- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
- ^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
- ^ lepiforum.de
- ^ UK Moths