Chionodes retiniella

Chionodes retiniella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae first described by William Barnes and August Busck in 1920.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, British Columbia, Washington, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and California.[2][3]

Chionodes retiniella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Chionodes
Species:
C. retiniella
Binomial name
Chionodes retiniella
(Barnes & Busck, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia retiniella Barnes & Busck, 1920
  • Gelechia langei Keifer, 1936

The wingspan is 18–21 mm. The forewings are white, heavily overlaid with light ocherous scales, which only leaves the white ground color exposed on a very diffused outwardly oblique fascia from the basal fourth of the costa to the basal third of the dorsum, on a similarly ill-defined transverse fascia across the middle of the wing and on a somewhat better defined transverse fascia at apical fourth. The hindwings are silvery fuscous.[4]

The larvae feed on Pinus ponderosa, Pinus sabiniana and Tsuga heterophylla.

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes retiniella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Chionodes retiniella (Barnes & Busck, 1920)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  3. "421018.00 – 2112 – Chionodes retiniella – (Barnes & Busck, 1920)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  4. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 4 (3): 228


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