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Chionodes continuella

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Chionodes continuella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chionodes
Species:
C. continuella
Binomial name
Chionodes continuella
(Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia continuella Zeller, 1839
  • Gelechia brumella Clemens, 1864
  • Gelechia trimaculella Packard, 1867
  • Gelechia albomaculella Chambers, 1875

Chionodes continuella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, the Iberian Peninsula, Switzerland and most of the Balkan Peninsula),[1] east to Japan.[2] It is also present in most of North America.[3]

The wingspan is 10–16 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August in western Europe.

The larvae feed on Pinophyta species,[4] but have also been recorded on Cladonia species, including Cladonia rangiferina.[5]

Common name

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The species is sometimes referred to as spring oak leafroller, although the larvae do not feed on oak species. Furthermore, this common name is also applied to Chionodes formosella.

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Japanese Moths
  3. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  4. ^ Bug Guide
  5. ^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2013-09-12.