Chionodes trichostola
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Chionodes trichostola is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from south-western British Columbia to California, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and Texas. The wingspan is about 19 mm for males and 16 mm for females. The forewings are brown irregularly suffused with rather dark fuscous irroration and with a small blackish linear mark beneath the costa near the base. There is an elongate black spot on the base of the dorsum and an oblique streak from the costa to the plical stigma, obscurely indicated by dark suffusion with two small spots of blackish suffusion. The stigmata are cloudy, blackish, with the plical very obliquely before the first discal which tends to form an oblique mark. There are two or three whitish scales beyond this and before the second and there is also an angulated transverse streak of brown ground colour at three-fourths. The hindwings are grey.
The larvae feed on Quercus chrysolepis, Quercus douglasii, Quercus kelloggii, Quercus lobata, Quercus wislizenii, Quercus dumosa, Quercus tomentella, Arctostaphylos insularis and Sorbus species. Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chionodes trichostola sighting in Austin on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 1503rd most-seen of the 1624 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chionodes trichostola in Austin on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Only Austin, in our data
Austin is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Chionodes trichostola sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chionodes trichostola is recorded against all the insects logged in Austin (7 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
