Chionodes holosericella

Chionodes holosericella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chionodes
Species: C. holosericella
Binomial name
Chionodes holosericella
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia holosericella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Gelechia norvegiae Strand, 1903

Chionodes holosericella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Estonia, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Croatia, Slovakia, Ukraine and Russia.[1] Outside of Europe, it is found in the Caucasus, from Siberia to the Magadan Oblast and in South Korea.[2]

The wingspan is 15–18 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August.[3]

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
  3. Swedish Moths
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