Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Chionodes | |
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Similar Chionodes, Cydia duplicana, Juniperus durangensis, Juniperus standleyi, Juniperus barbadensis | ||
Chionodes electella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in almost all of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain and the Balkan Peninsula). In the east, the range extends to the southern Ural.
The wingspan is 12–16 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to July.
The larvae feed on Picea abies. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They live in a silken tube covered with fragments of bark and lichen. The tube is made on a second-year twig. From within this tube, the basal half of several leaves is mined. Pupation takes place outside of the mine under the ground. Larvae can be found from May to June. They are reddish brown to chocolate brown.
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