''Chionodes trichostola'' is a
moth in the family
Gelechiidae.
It is found in
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
, where it has been recorded from south-western
British Columbia to
California,
Utah,
Colorado,
Arizona and
Texas.
The
wingspan is about 19 mm for males and 16 mm for females. The forewings are brown irregularly suffused with rather dark fuscous irroration and with a small blackish linear mark beneath the costa near the base. There is an elongate black spot on the base of the dorsum and an oblique streak from the costa to the plical stigma, obscurely indicated by dark suffusion with two small spots of blackish suffusion. The stigmata are cloudy, blackish, with the plical very obliquely before the first discal which tends to form an oblique mark. There are two or three whitish scales beyond this and before the second and there is also an angulated transverse streak of brown ground colour at three-fourths. The hindwings are grey.
Exot. Microlep. 3 (1-2): 22
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The larvae feed on '' Quercus chrysolepis'', '' Quercus douglasii'', '' Quercus kelloggii'', '' Quercus lobata'', '' Quercus wislizenii'', '' Quercus dumosa'', '' Quercus tomentella'', ''Arctostaphylos insularis
''Arctostaphylos insularis'' is a species of manzanita known by the common name island manzanita. It is endemic to Santa Cruz Island, one of the Channel Islands of California.
Description
''Arctostaphylos insularis'' is a large, spreading shr ...
'' and '' Sorbus'' species.
References
Chionodes
Moths described in 1923
Moths of North America
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