Black-smudged Chionodes - Chionodes mediofuscella

Total length: 8 mm long. Light brown forewing with dark brown shading in outer half. Pale antemedial line is edged black.

Attracted to a moth light on a rainy night in a rural area.

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Flown Kimmerling

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Chionodes mediofuscella? Posted 7 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  Yup, thanks :) Posted 7 years ago
2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
    
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    Yay! Congrats on a new family introduction! Posted 7 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
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      Thanks for the heads-up, I've given the new family a common name in the tree:
      https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/browse/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/lepidoptera/gelechiidae
      
      One of these days I shall introduce you and Christine to the wonderful world of common names of taxonomy nodes in the tree. It's a moderator option that people hate or love to do, there's no middle ground :) Posted 7 years ago
    2. Christine Young
      
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      Oh, cool! Posted 7 years ago

The Black-smudged chionodes moth

''Chionodes mediofuscella'', the black-smudged chionodes moth, is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia to Florida and from British Columbia to Colorado, Arizona and northern California.

The forewings are pale yellowish with a dark brown spot along the costa. There is a blackish-brown dot at the angle on the fold and another above it. The hindwings are shining pale grey.

The larvae feed on ''Ambrosia trifida''.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Christine Young