Chionodes salva explained

Chionodes salva is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the West Indies.[1] [2]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, with dark brownish-fuscous mottlings or ill-defined patches, the first at the base reaching the costa, but not the dorsum, is connected narrowly on the costa and along the fold with a second, which is larger and extends nearly to the middle of the wing but does not cross the fold, this is also narrowly connected along the costa with a smaller costal patch at two-thirds from the base, a few dark fuscous scales lying at the end of the cell below it. The hindwings are pale shining 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=2066.2 mothphotographersgroup
  3. https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen97scie/proceedingsofgen97scie_djvu.txt Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897 : 74