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Chionodes messor

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Chionodes messor 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 messor

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 messor 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 messor 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 messor 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 messor classified?

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

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Chionodes messor

Other species in the same genus Chionodes.

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

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Chionodes messor live?

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

What kind of animal is Chionodes messor?

Chionodes messor (Chionodes messor) 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 messor (Chionodes messor). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chionodes-messor

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{chionodes_messor_2026,
  title = {Chionodes messor (Chionodes messor)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chionodes-messor},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}