Chionodes pentadora

Chionodes pentadora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Chionodes
Species:	C. pentadora
Binomial name
	Chionodes pentadora; (Meyrick, 1917)
Synonyms
	Gelechia pentadora Meyrick, 1917;

Chionodes pentadora is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.^[1] It is found in French Guiana.^[2]

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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[nhm-1] 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.

[2] Chionodes at funet

[3] Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (1) : 51

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