Chionodes figurella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Washington to California and Nevada.[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. figurella
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| Binomial name | |
| Chionodes figurella (Busck, 1912)
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The wingspan is 15–21 mm. The forewings are ochreous, thickly suffused with stone-grey and dark ochreous scales, which totally obscure the ground-color except on the veins, which are visible as thin whitish ochreous lines. The hindwings are silvery white.[4]
The larvae feed on Elymus species, including Elymus glaucus.
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes figurella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
- ^ Chionodes at funet
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ "First Ann. Rept. Laguna Marine Lab. 1912: 168". Archived from the original on 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
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