Chionodes agriodes explained

Chionodes agriodes is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Alberta and southern British Columbia to Utah, Colorado and California.[1] [2]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are light grey irrorated dark grey and with the stigmata blackish-grey, the plical and first discal elongate, the plical somewhat anterior, the second discal roundish but with a fine projecting dash anteriorly. There is a marginal series of small cloudy blackish-grey spots around the posterior part of the costa and termen partly in the cilia. The hindwings are light bluish-grey.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/gelechiinae/chionodes/ Chionodes at funet
  2. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=2059 mothphotographersgroup
  3. https://archive.org/stream/exoticmicrolepid03meyr#page/350/mode/1up Exot. Microlep. 3 (11): 350