Chionodes whitmanella

Chionodes whitmanella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chionodes
Species: C. whitmanella
Binomial name
Chionodes whitmanella
Clarke, 1942

Chionodes whitmanella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from south-western Manitoba and eastern Washington to Colorado, Arizona and California.[2][3]

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The forewings are light yellowish brown with two blackish-fuscous spots in the cell about the middle. A similar spot is found slightly before the basal third. The hindwings are pale fuscous white.[4]

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