Chionodes fructuaria: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Gelechiidae
- Genus
- Chionodes
- Species
- Chionodes fructuaria
- Scientific Name
- Chionodes fructuaria
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Chionodes fructuaria
Chionodes fructuaria is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, California, Arizona, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Florida.
The wingspan is 13–15 mm. The forewings are dark brown or blackish, with a sprinkling of paler scales in the apex. The markings are pale yellow or whitish. The hindwings are pale grey, shading to darker outwardly.
The larvae feed on Atriplex confertifolia.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Chionodes abdominella
- Chionodes cibus
- Chionodes dentella
- Chionodes fructuaria
- Chionodes hodgesorum
- Chionodes kincaidella
- Chionodes lacticoma
- Chionodes landryi
- Chionodes macor
- Chionodes nepos
- Chionodes oecus
- Chionodes paean
- Chionodes pinguicula
- Chionodes plutor
- Chionodes procus
- Chionodes repertor
- Chionodes sistrella
- Chionodes thyotes
- Chionodes xanthophilella




