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Chionodes is a genus of moth
Moth

A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the Order Lepidoptera. The differences between butterflies and moths are more than just taxonomy....
s of the family Gelechiidae
Gelechiidae

The Gelechiidae, Gelechiid moths, are a family of Lepidoptera . These are generally very small moths with narrow, fringed wings. The larvae of most species feed internally on various parts of their host plants, sometimes causing galls....
. This large group has representatives in most parts of the world. Many species of this genus utilize Douglas fir as a host plant.








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Chionodes is a genus of moth
Moth

A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the Order Lepidoptera. The differences between butterflies and moths are more than just taxonomy....
s of the family Gelechiidae
Gelechiidae

The Gelechiidae, Gelechiid moths, are a family of Lepidoptera . These are generally very small moths with narrow, fringed wings. The larvae of most species feed internally on various parts of their host plants, sometimes causing galls....
. This large group has representatives in most parts of the world. Many species of this genus utilize Douglas fir as a host plant.

Species


Species include:

  • C. abdominella
  • C. abella
  • Recorded food plants: Abies concolor
    White Fir

    White Fir is a fir native to the mountains of western North America, occurring at altitudes of 900-3,400 m. It is a medium to large evergreen Pinophyta tree growing to 25-60 m tall and with a trunk diameter of up to two m....
    , Pseudotsuga menziesii


  • C. abradescens
  • C. acerella
  • C. acrina
  • Food plant: Quercus
    Oak

    The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus , which are listed in the List of Quercus species, and some related genera, notably Lithocarpus....


  • C. agriodes
  • C. apolectella
  • C. aprilella
  • C. arenella
  • C. argentipunctella
  • C. aristella
  • C. bastuliella
  • C. bicolor
  • C. bicostomaculella
  • Food plant: Quercus
    Oak

    The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus , which are listed in the List of Quercus species, and some related genera, notably Lithocarpus....


  • C. braunella
  • Recorded food plants: Lathyrus
    Lathyrus

    The genus Lathyrus consists of the sweet peas and vetchlings, flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae. There are approximately 160 species of Lathyrus; they are native to temperate areas, with a breakdown of 52 species in Europe, 30 species in North America, 78 in Asia, 24 in tropical East Africa, and 24 in temperat...
    , Lupinus
    Lupin

    Lupin, often spelled lupine in North America, is the common name for members of the genus Lupinus in the legume family . The genus comprises between 200-600 species, with major centers of diversity in South America and western North America - ) and - in the Mediterranean region and Africa....


  • C. canofusella
  • C. ceanothiella
  • Food plant: Ceanothus
    Ceanothus

    Ceanothus Carolus Linnaeus is a genus of about 50?60 species of shrubs or small trees in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae. The genus is confined to North America, the center of its distribution in California, with some species in the eastern United States and southeast Canada, and others extending as far south as Guatemala....


  • C. chrysopyla
  • Food plant: Quercus
    Oak

    The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus , which are listed in the List of Quercus species, and some related genera, notably Lithocarpus....


  • C. continuella
  • Recorded food plants: Cladonia
    Cladonia

    Cladonia is a genus of moss-like lichens in the family Cladoniaceae. They are the primary food source for reindeer and caribou. Cladonia species are of economic importance to reindeer-herders, such as the Sami people in Scandinavia or the Nenets in Russia....
    , Picea glauca
    White Spruce

    Picea glauca is a species of spruce native to the north of North America, from central Alaska east to Newfoundland , and south to northern Montana, Michigan and Maine; there is also an isolated population in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming....


  • C. dammersi
  • Food plant: Eriogonum
    Eriogonum

    Eriogonum is the scientific name for a genus of flowering plants, in the family Polygonaceae. The genus is found in North America and is known as Wild Buckwheat....


  • C. dentella
  • C. discoocellella
  • Recorded food plants: Polygonum
    Polygonum

    Polygonum is a genus in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae. Common names of polygonum species include knotweed, knotgrass, bistort, tear-thumb, mile-a-minute, and several others....
    , Rumex
    Rumex

    The docks and sorrels, genus Rumex Carolus Linnaeus, are a genus of about 200 species of Annual plant, Biennial plant and perennial plant herbs in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae....


  • C. distinctella
  • Recorded food plants: Artemisia campestris
    Artemisia (plant)

    Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. It comprises hardy herbs and shrubs known for their volatile oils....
    , Genista
    Broom (shrub)

    Brooms are a group of evergreen, semi-evergreen, and deciduous shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the legume family Fabaceae, mainly in the three genera Chamaecytisus, Cytisus and Genista, but also in five other small Genus ....
    , Thymus
    Thyme

    Thyme is a well known herb; in common usage the name may refer to* any or all members of the plant genus Thymus ,* common thyme, Thymus vulgaris, and some other species that are used as culinary herbs or for medicinal purposes....


  • C. electella
  • Recorded food plants: Juniperus
    Juniper

    Junipers are coniferous plants in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on taxonomic viewpoint, there are between 50-67 species of juniper, widely distributed throughout the northern hemisphere, from the Arctic, south to tropical Africa in the Old World, and to the mountains of Central America....
    , Picea
    Spruce

    A spruce is a tree of the genus Picea, a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the Family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal regions of the earth....
    , Pinus
    Pine

    Pines are Pinophyta trees in the genus Pinus, in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species....


  • C. figurella
  • C. flavicorporella
  • C. fluvialella
  • C. fondella
  • C. formosella
  • Food plant: Quercus
    Oak

    The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus , which are listed in the List of Quercus species, and some related genera, notably Lithocarpus....


  • C. fructuaria
  • C. fumatella
  • Recorded food plants Lotus corniculatus
    Lotus corniculatus

    Lotus corniculatus is a common flowering plant native to grassland temperate Eurasia and North Africa. The common name is Bird's-foot Trefoil , though the common name is often also applied to other members of the genus....
    , moss
    Moss

    Mosses are small, soft plants that are typically 1?10 cm tall, though some species are much larger. They commonly grow close together in clumps or mats in damp or shady locations....
    es


  • C. fuscomaculella
  • Food plant: Quercus
    Oak

    The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus , which are listed in the List of Quercus species, and some related genera, notably Lithocarpus....


  • C. gilvomaculella
  • Food plant: Quercus
    Oak

    The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus , which are listed in the List of Quercus species, and some related genera, notably Lithocarpus....


  • C. grandis
  • C. halycopa
  • C. hayreddini
  • C. helicosticta
  • C. hibiscella
  • Recorded food plants: Abelmoschus moschatus
    Abelmoschus

    Abelmoschus is a genus of about fifteen species of flowering plants in the Malva family, Malvaceae, native to tropical Africa, Asia and northern Australia....
    , Hibiscus
    Hibiscus

    Scientific name:Hibiscus rosa-sinensisThe Genus Hibiscus comprises plants also commonly called hibiscus and less widely known as rosemallow....


  • C. hinnella
  • C. holosericella
  • C. ignorantella
  • Food plants: moss
    Moss

    Mosses are small, soft plants that are typically 1?10 cm tall, though some species are much larger. They commonly grow close together in clumps or mats in damp or shady locations....
    es


  • C. iridescens
  • C. kincaidella
  • C. labradorica
  • C. loetae
  • C. lophosella
  • C. luctuella
  • Food plants: Pinaceae
    Pinaceae

    The family Pinaceae , is in the order Pinales and includes many of the well-known conifers of commercial importance such as cedars, firs, Tsugas, larches, pines and spruces....


  • C. lugubrella
  • Recorded food plants: Dorycnium pentaphyllum, Lotus
    Lotus (genus)

    Lotus is a genus that includes bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches and contains many dozens of species distributed world-wide. Depending on the taxonomic authority, roughly between 70 and 150 are accepted....
    , Trifolium repens
    White clover

    White Clover is a species of clover native to Europe, North Africa, and West Asia. It has been widely introduced elsewhere in the world as a pasture crop, and is also common in many grassy areas in North America....
    , Vicia cracca
    Tufted Vetch

    Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca, also occasionally known as Cow Vetch or Bird Vetch, is a common species of vetch is not native throughout North America, but native in Europe and Asia....


  • C. luteogeminatus
  • Food plant: Eriogonum niveum
    Eriogonum

    Eriogonum is the scientific name for a genus of flowering plants, in the family Polygonaceae. The genus is found in North America and is known as Wild Buckwheat....


  • C. manabiensis
  • C. mariona
  • Recorded food plants: Abutilon
    Abutilon

    Abutilon is a large genus of approximately 150 species of broadleaf evergreens in the Malva family, Malvaceae. The genus includes Annual plant, Perennial plant, shrubs, and small trees from 1-10 m tall, and is found in the tropical and subtropical regions of all continents....
    , Malvastrum, Sida
    Sida (genus)

    Sida is a genus of herbs or subshrubs in the Mallow family . It contains 125 to 150 species, or even some 200 according to other authorities....


  • C. mediofuscella
  • Food plant: Ambrosia
    Ragweed

    Ragweeds , also called bitterweeds and bloodweeds, are a genus of flowering plants from the sunflower family .The scientific name of this genus is sometimes claimed to be derived from the Ancient Greek term for the perfumed nourishment of the gods, ambrosia which would be ironic since the genus is best known for one fact:...


  • C. metallica
  • C. mongolicus
  • C. nanodella
  • C. nebulosella
  • C. negundella
  • Food plant: Acer negundo


  • C. nigrobarbata
  • C. notandella
  • C. nubilella
  • C. obscurusella
  • C. occidentella
  • Recorded food plants: Ceanothus
    Ceanothus

    Ceanothus Carolus Linnaeus is a genus of about 50?60 species of shrubs or small trees in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae. The genus is confined to North America, the center of its distribution in California, with some species in the eastern United States and southeast Canada, and others extending as far south as Guatemala....
    , Cercocarpus
    Mountain-mahogany

    Cercocarpus, commonly known as the Mountain-mahogany, is a small genus of five or six species of deciduous shrubs or small trees in the rose family , native to the western United States and northern Mexico, where they grow in semi-desert climates, often at high altitudes....
    , Quercus
    Oak

    The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus , which are listed in the List of Quercus species, and some related genera, notably Lithocarpus....


  • C. occlusa
  • C. ochreostrigella
  • Food plant: Rumex
    Rumex

    The docks and sorrels, genus Rumex Carolus Linnaeus, are a genus of about 200 species of Annual plant, Biennial plant and perennial plant herbs in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae....


  • C. paralogella
  • C. pereyra
  • Food plant: Quercus
    Oak

    The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus , which are listed in the List of Quercus species, and some related genera, notably Lithocarpus....


  • C. periculella
  • Recorded food plants: Pinus ponderosa
    Ponderosa Pine

    Ponderosa Pine , sometimes called Bull Pine or Western Yellow Pine, is a widespread and variable pine native to western North America....
    , Pseudotsuga menziesii


  • C. permacta
  • C. perpetuella
  • C. petalumensis
  • Food plant Quercus lobata
    Valley Oak

    The Valley oak is the largest of North American oaks.It ranges over the hot interior valleys of California. Mature specimens may attain an age of up to 600 years....


  • C. phalacra
  • C. pinguicula
  • C. praeclarella
  • Food plants: Polygonaceae
    Polygonaceae

    Polygonaceae is a family of flowering plants also known as the "knotweed family" or "smartweed family". The name is based on the genus Polygonum....


  • C. pseudofondella
  • C. psiloptera
  • Food plants: Poaceae
    Poaceae

    Poaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the Magnoliophyta. Plants of this family are usually called grasses; the shrub- or tree-like plants in this family are called bamboo ....
     including Poa pratensis
    Smooth Meadow-grass

    Poa pratensis, known as Smooth Meadow-grass or Kentucky Bluegrass, is a species of Poaceae native to Europe, Asia, northern Africa and North America....


  • C. raspyon
  • Food plant: Quercus
    Oak

    The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus , which are listed in the List of Quercus species, and some related genera, notably Lithocarpus....


  • C. retiniella
  • Food plant: Pinus ponderosa
    Ponderosa Pine

    Ponderosa Pine , sometimes called Bull Pine or Western Yellow Pine, is a widespread and variable pine native to western North America....


  • C. sabinianus
  • Food plant: Pinus sabineana
    Gray Pine

    The Gray Pine is a pine endemic to California in the United States. The tree typically grows to 12-15 m, but can reach 35 m in height. The needles of the Gray Pine are in fascicles of three, distinctively pale gray-green, sparse and drooping, and grow to 20-30 cm in length....


  • C. salicella
  • C. seculaella
  • C. sistrella
  • Food plant: Suaeda moquinii


  • C. soella
  • C. stefaniae
  • C. terminimaculella
  • Food plant: Populus
    Poplar

    Populus is a genus of between 25?35 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere....


  • C. tessa
  • C. thoraceochrella
  • C. tragicella
  • Food plant: Larix
    Larch

    Larches are conifers in the genus Larix, in the family Pinaceae. They are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere, on lowlands in the far north, and high on mountains further south....


  • C. trichostola
  • Food plant: Quercus
    Oak

    The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus , which are listed in the List of Quercus species, and some related genera, notably Lithocarpus....


  • C. trophella
  • Food plant: Quercus
    Oak

    The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus , which are listed in the List of Quercus species, and some related genera, notably Lithocarpus....


  • C. vanduzeei
  • Food plant: Quercus agrifolia
    Coast Live Oak

    The Coast Live Oak is an evergreen oak, highly variable and often shrubby, native to the California Floristic Province. It grows west of the Sierra Nevada from Mendocino County, California, California south to northern Baja California in Mexico....


  • C. viduella
  • Recorded food plants: Betula
    Birch

    Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae....
    , Juniperus
    Juniper

    Junipers are coniferous plants in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on taxonomic viewpoint, there are between 50-67 species of juniper, widely distributed throughout the northern hemisphere, from the Arctic, south to tropical Africa in the Old World, and to the mountains of Central America....
    , Rubus chamaemorus
    Cloudberry

    The cloudberry , also called bakeapple in Newfoundland and Labrador, Cape Breton Island and southern Nova Scotia, is a slow-growing alpine or sub-Arctic species of Rubus, producing amber-colored edible fruit....
    , Vaccinium uliginosum
    Vaccinium

    Vaccinium is a genus of shrubs or dwarf shrubs in the plant Family Ericaceae. The fruit of many species are eaten by humans and some are of commercial importance, including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry or whortleberry, lingonberry or cowberry, and huckleberry ....


  • C. violaceus
  • C. whitmanella
  • C. xanthophilella


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