Chionodes pleroma

Chionodes pleroma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca).[2]

Chionodes pleroma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Chionodes
Species:
C. pleroma
Binomial name
Chionodes pleroma
(Walsingham, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia pleroma Walsingham, 1911

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are purplish fuscous, with very faintly indicated pale brownish cinereous mottling, a small costal spot of the same at three-fourths from the base somewhat more distinct. The hindwings are bronzy brownish.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes pleroma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. Chionodes at funet
  3. Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 68


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