Chionodes argosema
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Chionodes |
| Species: | C. argosema
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| Binomial name | |
| Chionodes argosema (Meyrick, 1917)
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Chionodes argosema is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in Ecuador.[2]
The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous with a sub-triangular transverse ochreous-white spot from the dorsum before the tornus, reaching half across the wing, and a smaller spot from the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes argosema". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ Chionodes at funet
- ^ Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (1) : 50
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