Chionodes discoocellella

Chionodes discoocellella, the eyeringed chionodes moth, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Maine to South Dakota, Florida, Texas and Colorado.[2][3]

Chionodes discoocellella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chionodes
Species:
C. discoocellella
Binomial name
Chionodes discoocellella
(Chambers, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia discoocellella Chambers, 1872
  • Gelechia violaceofusca Zeller, 1873
Chionodes discoocellella, eyeringed chionodes moth, Size: 7.3 mm

The forewings are brown, tinged with roseate or purple, and faintly streaked with ocherous within the inner margin, and with a yellowish-white spot containing a black central dot at the end of the disc, a small black spot on the fold, and one about the middle of the wing, and with a few ocherous-yellow small spots around the apex between the nervules.[4]

The larvae feed on Fallopia convolvulus, Persicaria chinensis, Persicaria pensylvanica, Persicaria punctata and Rumex crispus.

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes discoocellella​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. Chionodes at funet
  3. mothphotographersgroup
  4. Can. Ent. 4 (10): 194 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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