Chionodes chlorocephala

Description

Chionodes chlorocephala is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from New Mexico, California and Mexico. The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are fuscous, slightly speckled whitish, with the dorsal edge ochreous-white near the base and with a small light ochreous mark from the costa near the base, as well as a small obscure darker spot in the disc towards the base, partially surrounded by brownish-ochreous suffusion. The stigmata are very small, white, the discal approximated, partly edged blackish, the plical very obliquely before the first discal, followed by a blackish mark. There is an obscure brownish-ochreous transverse shade at three-fourths, rather angulated and interrupted in the middle, on the costa forming a small whitish-ochreous spot. The hindwings are light grey.