''Chionodes'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Gelechiidae
The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy (biology), taxonomy ...
. It is distributed throughout much of the world. The
larva
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e of many species use the
Douglas fir
The Douglas fir (''Pseudotsuga menziesii'') is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae. It is the tallest tree in the Pinaceae family. It is native to western North America and is also known as Douglas-fir, Douglas spruce, Or ...
as a host plant.
Species
*The formosella species-group
**''Chionodes formosella''-complex
***''
Chionodes abitus''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes argentipunctella''
(Ely, 1910)
***''
Chionodes bicostomaculella''
(Chambers, 1872)
***''
Chionodes formosella
The spring oak leafroller (''Chionodes formosella'') is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to south-western Manitoba, south to Florida.
The wingspan is about 16 mm.
The larvae feed on oak specie ...
''
(Murtfeldt, 1881)
***''
Chionodes fuscomaculella
''Chionodes fuscomaculella'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia and Quebec to Florida, south-western Wisconsin, eastern Texas and eastern Oklahoma.
The forewings are du ...
''
(Chambers, 1872)
***''
Chionodes hapsus''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes iridescens''
Clarke, 1947
***''
Chionodes percultor''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes powelli''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes suasor''
Hodges, 1999
**''Chionodes gilvomaculella''-complex
***''
Chionodes abavus''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes cacula
''Chionodes cacula'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Delaware to Florida, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United St ...
''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes drapeta
''Chionodes drapeta'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida
Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United St ...
''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes emptor''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes esor''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes gilvomaculella
''Chionodes gilvomaculella'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia and southern Ontario to West Virginia and Ohio.
The forewings are dark brownish, with an indistinct yello ...
''
(Clemens, 1863)
***''
Chionodes rabula
''Chionodes rabula'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Ontario and New Jersey to Florida, including Alabama, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio and Louisian ...
''
Hodges, 1999
**''Chionodes franclemonti''-complex
***''
Chionodes franclemonti
''Chionodes franclemonti'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from New Jersey and Maine to Florida and Wisconsin.
The larvae feed on '' Helianthemum nashii'' and ''Hudsonia tomentosa
...
''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes tarmes
''Chionodes tarmes'' is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Michigan, Maine, southern Quebec, Illinois and North Carolina
North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state ...
''
Hodges, 1999
**''Chionodes lophosella''-complex
***''
Chionodes lophosella
''Chionodes lophosella'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. Note: This source has 1909 as the year of description. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Washington to California.
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The fo ...
''
(Busck, 1910)
***''
Chionodes nanodella
''Chionodes nanodella'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. Note: This source has 1909 as the year of description. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California.
The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are whi ...
''
(Busck, 1910)
**''Chionodes abella''-complex
***''
Chionodes abella
''Chionodes abella'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Idaho and south-western British Columbia to Colorado, Texas and California.
The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings a ...
''
(Busck, 1903)
***''
Chionodes davisi
''Chionodes davisi'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona and western Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States ...
''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes delitor
''Chionodes delitor'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central reg ...
''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes donahueorum
''Chionodes donahueorum'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the ...
''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes imber''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes johnstoni''
Clarke, 1947
***''
Chionodes lactans''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes meddix''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes munifex''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes naevus''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes nitor''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes obex''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes pacator''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes pavor''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes periculella''
(Busck, 1910)
***''
Chionodes pulvis''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes rector''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes regens''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes sabinianae''
Powell, 1959
***''
Chionodes sanator''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes sannio''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes stator''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes tessa''
Clarke, 1947
***''
Chionodes volo''
Hodges, 1999
**''Chionodes sistrella''-complex
***''
Chionodes abdominella''
(Busck, 1903)
***''
Chionodes cibus''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes dentella''
(Busck, 1903)
***''
Chionodes fructuarius''
(Braun, 1925)
***''
Chionodes hodgesorum''
Metzler, 2014
***''
Chionodes kincaidella''
(Busck, 1907)
***''
Chionodes lacticoma''
(Meyrick, 1917)
***''
Chionodes landryi
''Chionodes landryi'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, New Mexico and Wyoming
Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West ...
''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes macor''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes nepos''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes oecus''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes paean''
Hodges, 1999
***''
Chionodes pinguicula''
(Meyrick, 1929)
***''
Chionodes plutor''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes procus''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes repertor''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes sistrella''
(Busck, 1903)
***''Chionodes thyotes''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes xanthophilella''
(Barnes & Busck, 1920)
**''Chionodes dammersi''-complex
***''Chionodes bardus''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes dammersi''
(Keifer, 1936)
***''Chionodes helicosticta''
(Meyrick, 1929)
***''Chionodes luteogeminatus''
(Clarke, 1935)
***''Chionodes morus''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes notandella''
(Busck, 1916)
***''Chionodes ochreostrigella''
(Chambers, 1875)
***''Chionodes paralogella''
(Busck, 1916)
***''Chionodes rhombus''
Hodges, 1999
**unplaced to complex
***''Chionodes icriodes''
(Meyrick, 1931)
***''Chionodes litigiosa''
(Meyrick, 1917)
***''Chionodes pentadora''
(Meyrick, 1917)
***''Chionodes pleroma''
(Walsingham, 1911)
***''Chionodes scotodes''
(Walsingham, 1911)
*The obscurusella species-group
**''Chionodes thoraceochrella''-complex
***''Chionodes chrysopyla''
(Keifer, 1935)
***''Chionodes salicella''
Sattler, 1967
***''Chionodes thoraceochrella''
(Chambers, 1872)
**''Chionodes hostis''-complex
***''Chionodes hostis''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes lector''
Hodges, 1999
**''Chionodes obscurusella''-complex
***''Chionodes acerella''
Sattler, 1967
***''Chionodes metoecus''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes obscurusella''
(Chambers, 1872)
**''Chionodes occidentella''-complex
***''Chionodes dryobathra''
(Meyrick, 1917)
***''Chionodes fremor''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes lusor''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes mediofuscella''
(Clemens, 1863)
***''Chionodes occidentella''
(Chambers, 1875)
***''Chionodes soter''
Hodges, 1999
**''Chionodes terminimaculella''-complex
***''Chionodes terminimaculella''
(Kearfott, 1908)
**''Chionodes erro''-complex
***''Chionodes erro''
Hodges, 1999
**''Chionodes trichostola''-complex
***''Chionodes parens''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes trichostola''
(Meyrick, 1923)
***''Chionodes sevir''
Hodges, 1999
**''Chionodes acrina''-complex
***''Chionodes acrina''
(Keifer, 1933)
***''Chionodes adam''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes altor''
Hodges, 1999
**''Chionodes concinna''-complex
***''Chionodes cautor''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes concinna''
(Walsingham, 1911)
**''Chionodes irreptor''-complex
***''Chionodes irreptor''
Hodges, 1999
**''Chionodes baro''-complex
***''Chionodes baro''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes secutor''
Hodges, 1999
**''Chionodes trophella''-complex
***''Chionodes restio''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes trophella''
(Busck, 1903)
**''Chionodes pinax''-complex
***''Chionodes pinax''
Hodges, 1999
**''Chionodes adamas''-complex
***''Chionodes adamas''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes creberrima''
(Walsingham, 1911)
***''Chionodes ludio''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes messor''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes nubis''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes optio''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes pastor''
Hodges, 1999
**''Chionodes magirus''-complex
***''Chionodes magirus''
Hodges, 1999
**''Chionodes innox''-complex
***''Chionodes gestor''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes innox''
Hodges, 1999
**''Chionodes fondella''-complex
***''Chionodes fondella''
(Busck, 1906)
***''Chionodes pseudofondella''
(Busck, 1908)
**''Chionodes bibo''-complex
***''Chionodes bibo''
Hodges, 1999
**''Chionodes pereyra''-complex
***''Chionodes pereyra''
Clarke, 1947
***''Chionodes petalumensis''
Clarke, 1947
**unplaced to complex
***''Chionodes bufo''
(Walsingham, 1911)
***''Chionodes cacoderma''
(Walsingham, 1911)
***''Chionodes neptica''
(Walsingham, 1911)
*The phalacrus species-group
**''Chionodes argosema''
(Meyrick, 1917)
**''Chionodes consona''
(Meyrick, 1917)
**''Chionodes donatella''
(Walker, 1864)
**''Chionodes eburata''
(Meyrick, 1917)
**''Chionodes mariona''
(Heinrich, 1921)
**''Chionodes petro''
Hodges, 1999
**''Chionodes phalacra''
(Walsingham, 1911)
**''Chionodes popa''
Hodges, 1999
*The discoocellella species-group
**''Chionodes discoocellella''
(Chambers, 1872)
**''Chionodes halycopa''
(Meyrick, 1927)
*The ceryx species-group
**''Chionodes ceryx''
Hodges, 1999
*The lugubrella species-group
**''Chionodes lugubrella''-complex
***''Chionodes ceanothiella''
(Busck, 1904)
***''Chionodes kubai''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes lugubrella''
(Fabricius, 1794)
***''Chionodes obelus''
Hodges, 1999
**''Chionodes hibiscella''-complex
***''Chionodes aruns''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes bios''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes canofusella''
Clarke, 1947
***''Chionodes chlorocephala''
(Meyrick, 1932)
***''Chionodes hibiscella''
(Busck, 1903)
***''Chionodes salva''
(Meyrick, 1925)
**''Chionodes retiniella''-complex
***''Chionodes elainae''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes luror''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes retiniella''
(Barnes & Busck, 1920)
**''Chionodes tragicella''-complex
***''Chionodes arenella''
(Forbes, 1922)
***''Chionodes aristella''
(Busck, 1903)
***''Chionodes dolo''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes factor''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes figurella''
(Busck, 1912)
***''Chionodes grandis''
Clarke, 1947
***''Chionodes hospes''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes pallor''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes soella''
Huemer & Sattler, 1995
***''Chionodes tragicella''
(Heyden, 1865)
**''Chionodes luctuella''-complex
***''Chionodes aprilella''
Huemer & Sattler, 1995
***''Chionodes luctuella''
(Hübner, 1793)
***''Chionodes rectifex''
Hodges, 1999
**''Chionodes holosericella''-complex
***''Chionodes agriodes''
(Meyrick, 1927)
***''Chionodes aleo''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes bicolor''
Clarke, 1947
***''Chionodes boreas''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes caucasiella''
Huemer & Sattler, 1995
***''Chionodes cusor''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes dator''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes fimus''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes flavipalpella''
Huemer & Sattler, 1995
***''Chionodes gratus''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes holosericella''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
***''Chionodes mikkolai''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes molitor''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes mongolica''
Piskunov, 1979
***''Chionodes occlusa''
(Braun, 1925)
***''Chionodes praeclarella''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
***''Chionodes praeco''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes psiloptera''
(Barnes & Busck, 1920)
***''Chionodes rogator''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes rupex''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes senica''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes sponsus''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes tannuolella''
(Rebel, 1917)
***''Chionodes trico''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes ustor''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes veles''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes violacea''
(Tengström, 1848)
***''Chionodes whitmanella''
Clarke, 1942
**''Chionodes theurgis''-complex
***''Chionodes gerdius''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes theurgis''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes tributor''
Hodges, 1999
**''Chionodes distinctella''-complex
***''Chionodes apolectella''
(Walsingham, 1900)
***''Chionodes bastuliella''
(Rebel, 1931)
***''Chionodes canor''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes continuella''
(Zeller, 1839)
***''Chionodes distinctella''
(Zeller, 1839)
***''Chionodes ensis''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes ermolaevi''
Bidzilya, 2012
***''Chionodes fictor''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes frigidella''
Huemer & Sattler, 1995
***''Chionodes hayreddini''
Koçak, 1986
***''Chionodes hinnella''
(Rebel, 1935)
***''Chionodes histon''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes latro''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes lictor''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes metallicus''
(Braun, 1921)
***''Chionodes nigrobarbata''
(Braun, 1925)
***''Chionodes nubilella''
(Zetterstedt, 1839)
***''Chionodes offectus''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes perpetuella''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
***''Chionodes praecia''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes praetor''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes sattleri''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes sepultor''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes viduella''
(Fabricius, 1794)
**''Chionodes braunella''-complex
***''Chionodes braunella''
(Keifer, 1931)
**''Chionodes impes''-complex
***''Chionodes impes''
Hodges, 1999
**''Chionodes fumatella''-complex
***''Chionodes clarkei''
Hodges, 1999
***''Chionodes electella''
(Zeller, 1839)
***''Chionodes flavicorporella''
(Walsingham, 1882)
***''Chionodes fumatella''
(Douglas, 1850)
***''Chionodes ignorantella''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
***''Chionodes nebulosella''
(Heinemann, 1870)
***''Chionodes permacta''
(Braun, 1925)
***''Chionodes sagayica''
(Koçak, 1986)
***''Chionodes tantella''
Huemer & Sattler, 1995
*unnamed species-group
**''Chionodes attonita''
(Meyrick, 1912)
**''Chionodes borzella''
Bidzilya, 2000
**''Chionodes caespitella''
(Zeller, 1877)
**''Chionodes cerussata''
(Walsingham, 1911)
**''Chionodes manabiensis''
Schmitz & Landry, 2007
**''Chionodes meridiochilensis''
King & Montesinos, 2012
**''Chionodes nephelophracta''
(Meyrick, 1932)
**''Chionodes perissosema''
(Meyrick, 1932)
**''Chionodes spirodoxa''
(Meyrick, 1931)
**''Chionodes stefaniae''
Schmitz & Landry, 2007
**''Chionodes tundra''
Bidzilya, 2012
**''Chionodes xylobathra''
(Meyrick, 1936)
Status unclear
*''Chionodes decolorella''
(Heinemann, 1870), described as ''Gelechia decolorella'' and recorded from Austria and Serbia
*''Chionodes decolorella ab. colorella''
(Caradja, 1920), described as ''Gelechia decolorella ab. colorella'' and recorded from the Alai Mountains
References
* , 1999: Fascicle 7.6 of The Moths of American North of Mexico (Gelechioidea: Gelechiidae).
* , 1995: A taxonomic revision of Palaearctic ''Chionodes'' (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), ''Beiträge zur Entomologie'' 45 (1): 3-108.
* , 2012: ''Chionodes meridiochilensis'' sp. nov. from Chile: contribution to an understanding of its biology and description of its early stages (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). ''Acta zoologica cracoviensia'' 55 (1): 45-58. Full article
* , 2007: Two new species of ''Chionodes'' Hübner from Ecuador, with a summary of known Galapagos records of ''Gelechiidae'' (Lepidoptera). ''Revue suisse de Zoologie'' 114 (2): 175-184.
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Chionodes,
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Gelechiidae genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner