Argyresthia fundella

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Argyresthia fundella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Argyresthiidae
Genus: Argyresthia
Species:
A. fundella
Binomial name
Argyresthia fundella
Synonyms
  • Oecophora fundellaFischer von Röslerstamm, 1835

Argyresthia fundella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Iberian Peninsula, Finland, the Baltic region, Slovenia, Hungary and Greece. [1]

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. [2]

The larvae feed on Abies alba , Abies balsamea , Abies concolor , Abies grandis , Abies nordmanniana and Abies numidica . They mine the leaves of their host plant. This hole is closed with silk. A single larva creates mines in several leaves before overwintering inside the mine. [3] The larvae have a dirty dark green body and a black head. They can be found from late summer to April.

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. microlepidoptera.nl Archived February 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2012-04-04.