Chionodes petalumensis is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in North America from southern British Columbia to California, Arizona and Colorado.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Chionodes |
| Species: | C. petalumensis
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| Chionodes petalumensis Clarke, 1947
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Chionodes petalumensis caterpillars feed on oak leaves, including those of the Garry oak (Quercus garryana)[4] and valley oak (Q. lobata).[5]
The species was first described from Petaluma, California.[6]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chionodes petalumensis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
- ^ Moths of California List.
- ^ Chionodes at funet
- ^ Tatum, J. B. Chionodes petalumensis. Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine Butterflies and Moths of Southern Vancouver Island. 2007.
- ^ C. petalumensis: Host plants. Natural History Museum, London.
- ^ Brown, J. W., et al. Catalog of the type specimens of Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Zootaxa 510. Auckland: Magnolia Press. 2004.