Chionodes

TaxID: 427956

Basic Information

Chionodes

Eye-ringed Chionodes Moth

Chionodes is a genus of moths of the family Gelechiidae. It is distributed throughout much of the world. The larvae of many species use the Douglas fir as a host plant.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Gelechiidae

Chionodes

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Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Anita Gould@BY-NC

Morphological Features

Adult male. Small moth, forewing length 5.4 mm. Head: front and vertex with broadly spatulate, erect, cream-white scales; palpi upturned, basal segment scales appressed, mid-segment half length of palpi, slightly shaggy with spatulate scales, apical segment one-third length of palpi, divergent apically, scales appressed, cream-white; antenna each segment basally ringed with semi-erect cream-white scales. Thorax: dorsal and ventral surfaces with appressed, cream-white scales. Forewing creamy white, no discernible markings, apex rounded and produced. Hindwing mirror-like reflective-white with concolorous long fringe, apex slightly produced; underside white, male with patch of pale yellow sex scales arising from wing base and extending along inner margin. Male genitalia: uncus broad, spoon-shaped, setose laterally; gnathos base sclerotized, lobed laterally, lobes extending one-third length of tegumen, each lobe with posteriorly directed finger-like projection enclosing a diamond-shaped lateral process; valvae asymmetrical, unequal in length and dissimilarly shaped; vinculum 0.8× length of tegumen, abruptly narrowed anteriorly, distal two-thirds trough-shaped; phallus with caecum approximately 5× length of distal part.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Absent
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Unknown/Other

No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (6698 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
ZMBN666-17 BOLD:ACF2998 COI-5P 658 Norway 2016-07-11 61.7746, 11.5935
YDBB7443-21 BOLD:AAB1462 COI-5P 654 Canada 2021-07-15 64.161, -139.836
YDBB737-21 BOLD:AAA6180 COI-5P 653 Canada 2021-07-20 60.178, -134.71
YDBB6263-21 BOLD:AAA6179 COI-5P 656 Canada 2021-07-15 64.161, -139.836
YDBB4667-21 BOLD:AAJ0121 COI-5P 656 Canada 2021-07-18 64.161, -139.836
USLEP857-10 BOLD:AAA4663 COI-5P 658 United States 2010-05-16 35.694, -101.573
USLEP384-10 BOLD:AAH5408 COI-5P 658 United States 2010-05-11 38.7059, -104.8327
USLEP383-10 BOLD:AAH5408 COI-5P 658 United States 2010-05-11 38.7059, -104.8327
USLEP211-10 BOLD:AAH5082 COI-5P 658 United States 2010-05-10 38.7059, -104.83272
USLEP1264-10 BOLD:AAM8644 COI-5P 658 United States 2010-03-10 24.65601, -81.27814
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