Chionodes salva

Chionodes salva is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in the West Indies.[2][3]

Chionodes salva
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C. salva
Binomial name
Chionodes salva
(Meyrick, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Phthorimaea salva Meyrick, 1925
  • Gelechia leucocephala Walsingham, 1897 (preocc.)

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, with dark brownish-fuscous mottlings or ill-defined patches, the first at the base reaching the costa, but not the dorsum, is connected narrowly on the costa and along the fold with a second, which is larger and extends nearly to the middle of the wing but does not cross the fold, this is also narrowly connected along the costa with a smaller costal patch at two-thirds from the base, a few dark fuscous scales lying at the end of the cell below it. The hindwings are pale shining grey.[4]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes salva". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. Chionodes at funet
  3. mothphotographersgroup
  4. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897 : 74


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