Chionodes agriodes
Species of moth
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Chionodes agriodes is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Alberta and southern British Columbia to Utah, Colorado and California.[2][3]
| Chionodes agriodes | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Chionodes |
| Species: | C. agriodes |
| Binomial name | |
| Chionodes agriodes (Meyrick, 1927) | |
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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.[4]
