Chionodes petalumensis

Chionodes petalumensis is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in North America from southern British Columbia to California, Arizona and Colorado.[2][3]

Chionodes petalumensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chionodes
Species:
C. petalumensis
Binomial name
Chionodes petalumensis
Clarke, 1947
Synonyms
  • Chionodes raspyon Opler, 1974

Chionodes petalumensis caterpillars feed on oak leaves, including those of the Garry oak (Quercus garryana)[4] and valley oak (Q. lobata).[5]

The species was first described from Petaluma, California.[6]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes petalumensis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  2. Moths of California List.
  3. Chionodes at funet
  4. Tatum, J. B. Chionodes petalumensis. Butterflies and Moths of Southern Vancouver Island. 2007.
  5. C. petalumensis: Host plants. Natural History Museum, London.
  6. Brown, J. W., et al. Catalog of the type specimens of Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Zootaxa 510. Auckland: Magnolia Press. 2004.


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