Chionodes argentipunctella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Vermont, south-eastern Ontario, New Jersey, Illinois and Connecticut.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Chionodes |
| Species: | C. argentipunctella
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| Binomial name | |
| Chionodes argentipunctella (Ely, 1910)
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The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are very dark purplish with a white spot on the costa at the apical third, shaded with black anteriorly. There are two black discal spots shaded with white near the middle of the wing and a similar one on the fold, below the first and nearer the base. The hindwings are yellowish.[4]
The larvae feed on Alnus species and Corylus americana.
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes argentipunctella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ Chionodes at funet
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 12 (2) : 70
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