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Chionodes lector

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Chionodes lector is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: United States.

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Quick facts about Chionodes lector

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Chionodes lector live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Chionodes lector is listed for 1 country.

United States of America
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. United States

Is Chionodes lector endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Chionodes lector classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusChionodes
  7. SpeciesChionodes lector Hodges, 1999

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Chionodes lector

Other species in the same genus Chionodes.

CompareChionodes lector vs Eastern groundlingChionodes lector vs Spring oak leafroller mothChionodes lector vs Eyeringed Chionodes mothChionodes lector vs Downland groundling

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Chionodes lector live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Chionodes lector for 1 country: United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Chionodes lector?

Chionodes lector (Chionodes lector) belongs to the family Gelechiidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Chionodes lector (Chionodes lector). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chionodes-lector

MLA

“Chionodes lector (Chionodes lector).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/chionodes-lector.

BibTeX
@misc{chionodes_lector_2026,
  title = {Chionodes lector (Chionodes lector)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chionodes-lector},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}