Chionodes ignorantella
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Chionodes |
Species: | C. ignorantella
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Binomial name | |
Chionodes ignorantella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
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Chionodes ignorantella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Denmark, Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.[1]
The wingspan is 14–16 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August.[2]
The larvae feed on mosses. The species overwinters in the larval stage.
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