Chionodes obscurusella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Chionodes |
Species: | C. obscurusella
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Binomial name | |
Chionodes obscurusella (
Chambers, 1872)
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Synonyms | |
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Chionodes obscurusella, the boxelder leafworm moth, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. [1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia to Manitoba, south to North Carolina and Oklahoma. [2] [3]
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are dull ochreous fuscous spotted with black, with a small black sub-costal dot at the base of the wing. There is a small black dash from the basal third of the costa, below and beyond this and occupying about the middle of the cell is a broad ill-defined patch of blackish scales. There is a more or less obscure shading of black scales on the middle of the costa, as well as a black dash just before the apical third of the costa, and below it, extending to the dorsum, an irregular, ill-defined black line. A faint dusting of black scales is found near the outer margin of the wing. The hindwings are very pale, semi-transparent whitish-fuscous. [4]
The larvae are leaf-tiers on Acer negundo and Acer saccharum.
Chionodes obscurusella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Chionodes |
Species: | C. obscurusella
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Binomial name | |
Chionodes obscurusella (
Chambers, 1872)
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Synonyms | |
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Chionodes obscurusella, the boxelder leafworm moth, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. [1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia to Manitoba, south to North Carolina and Oklahoma. [2] [3]
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are dull ochreous fuscous spotted with black, with a small black sub-costal dot at the base of the wing. There is a small black dash from the basal third of the costa, below and beyond this and occupying about the middle of the cell is a broad ill-defined patch of blackish scales. There is a more or less obscure shading of black scales on the middle of the costa, as well as a black dash just before the apical third of the costa, and below it, extending to the dorsum, an irregular, ill-defined black line. A faint dusting of black scales is found near the outer margin of the wing. The hindwings are very pale, semi-transparent whitish-fuscous. [4]
The larvae are leaf-tiers on Acer negundo and Acer saccharum.