Chionodes hodgesorum is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the gypsum dunes at White Sands National Park in New Mexico.
Etymology
The species is named in honor of Ronald W. Hodges and his wife Elaine.3
References
Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2015-06-03. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/search/ ↩
Chionodes at funet http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/gelechiinae/chionodes/ ↩
Metzler, E.C. (2014). "The Lepidoptera of White Sands National Monument 6: a new species of Chionodes Hubner, [1825] (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Gelechiinae) dedicated to Ronald W. Hodges and Elaine R. Snyder Hodges in the year of Ron's 80th birthday, 2014" (PDF). J. Lepidopterists' Soc. 68 (2): 81. doi:10.18473/lepi.v68i2.a2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120027/http://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls/2010s/2014/2014-68-2-080.pdf ↩