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Chionodes grandis
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C. grandis
Binomial name
Chionodes grandis
Clarke, 1947

Chionodes grandis is a moth in the Gelechiidae family.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Manitoba and southern British Columbia to California and New Mexico.[2][3]

The wingspan is 11-13 mm. The forewings are dark purplish fuscous with ill-defined blackish-fuscous spots on the fold, at the basal fourth, in the center of the cell and at the end of cell. There is a small, indistinct, pale spot at the apical third on the costa. The hindwings are shining greyish fuscous.[4]

References

  1. ^ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  2. ^ Chionodes at funet
  3. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  4. ^ J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 37 : 253