| Argyresthia goedartella | |
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| Argyresthia goedartella, upperside | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Argyresthiidae |
| Genus: | Argyresthia |
| Species: | A. goedartella |
| Binomial name | |
| Argyresthia goedartella | |
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Argyresthia goedartella, the bronze alder moth, is a species of moth of the family Argyresthiidae.
This very common species can be found in most of Europe and in North America. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Argyresthia goedartella has a wingspan of 10–13 mm. [6] [7] These tiny moths have pale ochreous head with white antennae and white forewings with coppery-golden markings. A characteristic coppery-golden Y-shaped marking is present in the middle of the wings. [6] Hindwings are dark gray. Abdomen is grayish fuscous, while legs are brownish white. [7]
It is a univoltine species. These moths fly from May to October. They fly at night and on sunny afternoons and mainly feed on the nectar of tansy ( Tanacetum vulgare ). [6] The larvae feed on birch (Betula species) and alder ( Alnus glutinosa ). [3] They overwinter in a shoot or hard male catkin of the host plants. In late March or April, larvae congregate and pupate in a cocoon under the bark. [6] [7]
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Argyresthia sorbiella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Northern Europe and Central Europe.
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Utetheisa pulchella, the crimson-speckled flunkey, crimson-speckled footman, or crimson-speckled moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
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Argyresthia retinella is a species of moth of the family Yponomeutidae.
Coleophora deauratella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, Asia Minor, Tasmania, North America and New Zealand.
Sabatinca caustica is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is endemic to New Zealand and is found in both Southland and at Stewart Island / Rakiura. The adults of this species are variable in appearance with some specimens being mainly white on their forewings while others have forewings that are a more mottled purple-brown colour. Adults are on the wing from the start of October until the middle of December. Larvae feed on the surface of leafy liverworts.
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Argyresthia oreasella, the cherry shoot borer moth, is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in North America, including New York, Michigan, Idaho, Missouri, Colorado, New Mexico, California, Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Argyresthia calliphanes is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Canada from Ontario to British Columbia and possibly in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. In the United States, it ranges from New York to California.
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