Chionodes petalumensis

Chionodes petalumensis
Chionodes petalumensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chionodes
Species: C. petalumensis
Binomial name
Chionodes petalumensis
Clarke, 1947

Chionodes petalumensis is a small moth of the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in California,[2] and western North America.[3]

Oaks

The Chionodes petalumensis caterpillars feed on oak leaves, including those of the Garry Oak (Quercus garryana) [4] and Valley Oak (Quercus lobata), of the California oak woodlands in the chaparral and woodlands ecoregion.[verification needed].

Footnotes

  1. ^ http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/lepindex/detail.dsml?TaxonNo=99634%2e0 . accessed 9/29/2010
  2. ^ http://essigdb.berkeley.edu/calmoth_species_list.html . accessed 9/29/2010
  3. ^ http://www.ireference.ca/search/Chionodes%20petalumensis/ . accessed 9/29/2010
  4. ^ Tatum (2007)

References

  • Tatum, Jeremy B. (2007): Butterflies and Moths of Southern Vancouver Island – Chionodes petalumensis. Version of 2007-FEB-08. Retrieved 2010-APR-13.
  • IUCN RED LIST STATUS.



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