Chionodes psiloptera is a moth in the family Gelechiidae first described by William Barnes and August Busck in 1920.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Quebec to British Columbia and then to Alaska, eastern Washington, Montana and New York.[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. psiloptera
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| Binomial name | |
| Chionodes psiloptera | |
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The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The forewings are shiny blackish brown, nearly black with black tipped, closely applied scales with light yellow bases. There is a small indistinct and diffused yellowish costal spot at the apical third, and an inconspicuous purplish-black spot at the end of the cell, another on the middle of the cell and a third below this latter on the fold. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[4]
The larvae feed on Poa pratensis.
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes psiloptera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Chionodes psiloptera (Barnes & Busck, 1920)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- ^ "421031.00 – 2111 – Chionodes psiloptera – (Barnes & Busck, 1920)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- ^ Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 4 (3): 230
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