Chionodes sistrella

Chionodes sistrella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, Colorado, Texas, southern Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, California and Mississippi.[2][3]

Chionodes sistrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chionodes
Species:
C. sistrella
Binomial name
Chionodes sistrella
(Busck, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia sistrella Busck, 1903

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are deep black and pure silvery white, with a broad longitudinal black band in the middle of the wing, equidistant from the costal and dorsal edge, starting at base of the costa and reaching one-half of the length of the wing, where it turns sharply rectangularly upward, reaching the costal edge and thus inclosing a narrow, longitudinal costal white patch. The apical two-fifths are black, with two white large rounded opposite costal and dorsal spots. The rest of the wing have a nearly straight white fascia just outside the middle of the wing. The hindwings are silvery fuscous.[4] Adults are on wing from March to October.[5]

The larvae feed on Suaeda fruticosa, Suaeda moquini, Suaeda torreyana and Atriplex semibaccata.

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes sistrella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. Chionodes at funet
  3. mothphotographersgroup
  4. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 25 (1304) : 862
  5. Bug Guide This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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