Chionodes discoocellella

Chionodes discoocellella, the eyeringed chionodes moth, is a moth in the Gelechiidae family.^[1] It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Maine to South Dakota, Florida, Texas and Colorado.^[2][3]

The forewings are brown, tinged with roseate or purple, and faintly streaked with ocherous within the inner margin, and with a yellowish-white spot containing a black central dot at the end of the disc, a small black spot on the fold, and one about the middle of the wing, and with a few ocherous-yellow small spots around the apex between the nervules.^[4]

The larvae feed on Polygonum pensylvanicum, Polygonum convolvulus, Polygonum punctatum, Polygonum densiflorum and Rumex crispus.

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