Chionodes kincaidella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from south-western Alberta to Texas, New Mexico and California.[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. kincaidella
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| Binomial name | |
| Chionodes kincaidella (Busck, 1907)
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The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with a broad whitish-ochreous dorsal stripe occupying two-fifths of the wing and extending to the middle of the termen, sometimes posteriorly fuscous-sprinkled, the upper edge forming a variably developed prominence beyond the middle, the ground colour of the wing suffused blackish along the upper edge. There is a suffused whitish-ochreous spot on the costa towards the apex, the apex of the dorsal streak sometimes forming a slight projection opposite this. The hindwings are light grey.[4]
The larvae feed on Atriplex acanthocarpa.
References edit
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes kincaidella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
- ^ Chionodes at funet
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Exot. Microlep. 3 (16): 489