Generic features: Labial palp long & slender, S2 rough-scaled ventrally; Antenna without pecten; Forewing elongate without scale-tufts
Hindwing broader than forewing, very slight if any emargination of termen, tornus rounded
Male genitalia: Valvae tubular, sacculi digitate
Female genitalia: Signum a small serrate plate. Apophyses anteriores modified into flat pale-like extensions of S8.
Hindwing broader than forewing, very slight if any emargination of termen, tornus rounded
Male genitalia: Valvae tubular, sacculi digitate
Female genitalia: Signum a small serrate plate. Apophyses anteriores modified into flat pale-like extensions of S8.
Keys to species of Chionodes
Male |
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Valvae longer than tegumen (reaching uncus) |
uncus with a short sclerotised apical thorn |
Aedeagus shorter than tegumen + uncus |
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Valvae shorter than tegumen |
uncus rounded without apical thorn |
Aedeagus longer than tegumen + uncus |
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Chionodes fumatella
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Chionodes distinctella
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Female |
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Anterior apophyses appear as a single plate with a notch in its anterior border |
Posterior apophyses ~2.8x length of anterior apophyses |
Introitus vaginae weakly sclerotised |
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Anterior apophyses appear as two plates separated by a deep notch |
Posterior apophyses ~4.7x length of anterior apophyses |
Introitus vaginae strongly sclerotised |
Chionodes fumatella
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Chionodes distinctella
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