Canarsia

Canarsia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Tribe:	Phycitini
Genus:	Canarsia Hulst, 1890
Species:	C. ulmiarrosorella
Binomial name
Canarsia ulmiarrosorella (Clemens, 1860) [1]
Synonyms
Nephopteryx ulmiarrosorellaClemens, 1860 Stenoptycha pneumatellaHulst, 1887 Psorosa ulmellaRagonot, 1887 Honora fuscatellaHulst, 1888 Canarsia gracilellaHulst, 1900 Canarsia feliculellaDyar, 1907 Canarsiana discocellularisStrand, 1920 Ancylosis discocellularis

Canarsia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by George Duryea Hulst in 1890. Its one species, described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860, ^[2] is Canarsia ulmiarrosorella, the elm leaftier moth. It is found in North America including Massachusetts, Alabama and Oklahoma. ^[3]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The larvae feed on Ulmus rubra .

References

1. mothphotographersgroup
2. "Canarsia Hulst, 1890" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
3. Bug Guide