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Chionodes phalacra

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Chionodes

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Chionodes phalacra is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Texas, Arizona and Mexico. It has also been recorded from Cuba.

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, with a slender streak of pale cream-colour from the base along the margin to the flexus. A small costal spot, at the commencement of the cilia, is preceded by a larger dorsal spot, both pale cream-colour. There is a minute spot of the same colour on the cell, about the middle of the wing, preceded by another at the apex, and others, along the termen, are followed by black scales. A similar spot lies on the fold at about its middle. The hindwings are pale greyish cinereous.

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Chionodes phalacra Wikipedia