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Chionodes salva
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Chionodes
Species:	C. salva
Binomial name
Chionodes salva (Meyrick, 1925)
Synonyms
Phthorimaea salva Meyrick, 1925 Gelechia leucocephala Walsingham, 1897 (preocc.)

Chionodes salva is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the West Indies.

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, with dark brownish-fuscous mottlings or ill-defined patches, the first at the base reaching the costa, but not the dorsum, is connected narrowly on the costa and along the fold with a second, which is larger and extends nearly to the middle of the wing but does not cross the fold, this is also narrowly connected along the costa with a smaller costal patch at two-thirds from the base, a few dark fuscous scales lying at the end of the cell below it. The hindwings are pale shining grey.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Chionodes salva​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
2. Chionodes at funet
3. mothphotographersgroup
4. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897 : 74 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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