Argyresthia columbia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Argyresthiidae |
Genus: | Argyresthia |
Species: | A. columbia
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Binomial name | |
Argyresthia columbia Freeman, 1972
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Argyresthia columbia is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae first described by Thomas Nesbitt Freeman in 1972. [1] It is found in Canada in south-eastern British Columbia and is possibly also present in Alberta.
The wingspan is 12–14 mm. [2] Adults are on wing from in June.
The larvae feed on Larix occidentalis. [3] They bore into the terminal twigs of their host plant.
Argyresthia columbia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Argyresthiidae |
Genus: | Argyresthia |
Species: | A. columbia
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Binomial name | |
Argyresthia columbia Freeman, 1972
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Argyresthia columbia is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae first described by Thomas Nesbitt Freeman in 1972. [1] It is found in Canada in south-eastern British Columbia and is possibly also present in Alberta.
The wingspan is 12–14 mm. [2] Adults are on wing from in June.
The larvae feed on Larix occidentalis. [3] They bore into the terminal twigs of their host plant.