Chionodes pentadora
Chionodes pentadora is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in French Guiana.[2]
| Chionodes pentadora | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Chionodes |
| Species: | C. pentadora |
| Binomial name | |
| Chionodes pentadora (Meyrick, 1917) | |
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The wingspan is 12–14 mm. The forewings are dark purple-fuscous with yellow markings. There is a slightly oblique oval transverse blotch from the costa at one-fourth reaching three-fourths across the wing. There is also a spot beneath the middle of the disc and an irregular inwardly oblique transverse blotch from the costa at two-thirds, reaching more than half across the wing. There is also a spot on the tornus and a small spot before the apex. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes pentadora". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
- Chionodes at funet
- Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (1) : 51
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