Chionodes discoocellella

Chionodes discoocellella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Chionodes
Species:	C. discoocellella
Binomial name
	Chionodes discoocellella; (Chambers, 1872)
Synonyms
	Gelechia discoocellella Chambers, 1872; Gelechia violaceofusca Zeller, 1873;

Chionodes discoocellella, the eyeringed chionodes moth, is a moth in the Gelechiidae family.^[1] It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Maine to South Dakota, Florida, Texas and Colorado.^[2]^[3]

The forewings are brown, tinged with roseate or purple, and faintly streaked with ocherous within the inner margin, and with a yellowish-white spot containing a black central dot at the end of the disc, a small black spot on the fold, and one about the middle of the wing, and with a few ocherous-yellow small spots around the apex between the nervules.^[4]

The larvae feed on Polygonum pensylvanicum, Polygonum convolvulus, Polygonum punctatum, Polygonum densiflorum and Rumex crispus.

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes discoocellella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
^ Chionodes at funet
^ mothphotographersgroup
^ Can. Ent. 4 (10): 194

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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 discoocellella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.

[2] Chionodes at funet

[3] thphotographersgroup

[4] Can. Ent. 4 (10): 194

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