The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are nearly immaculate, very pale shining ochreous. The hindwings are whitish ochreous.[2] Adults are on wing from the end of June to mid-July.
The larvae feed on Larix species (including L. decidua, L. kaempferi, L. laricina and L. occidentalis) and Picea glauca.[3] Young larvae bore through the terminal twigs of their host plant, effectually killing the twigs and stopping further growth. In fall, they cut a circular exit hole at the base where pupation takes place.
argyresthia, laricella, larch, shoot, moth, moth, family, yponomeutidae, species, first, described, william, kearfott, 1908, found, canada, including, north, western, ontario, nova, scotia, south, eastern, manitoba, saskatchewan, western, alberta, southern, br. Argyresthia laricella the larch shoot moth is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae The species was first described by William D Kearfott in 1908 1 It is found in Canada including north western Ontario Nova Scotia south eastern Manitoba Saskatchewan western Alberta and southern British Columbia Argyresthia laricellaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily ArgyresthiidaeGenus ArgyresthiaSpecies A laricellaBinomial nameArgyresthia laricellaKearfott 1908The wingspan is 11 12 mm The forewings are nearly immaculate very pale shining ochreous The hindwings are whitish ochreous 2 Adults are on wing from the end of June to mid July The larvae feed on Larix species including L decidua L kaempferi L laricina and L occidentalis and Picea glauca 3 Young larvae bore through the terminal twigs of their host plant effectually killing the twigs and stopping further growth In fall they cut a circular exit hole at the base where pupation takes place References Edit mothphotographersgroup Species Page Argyresthia laricella Entomology Collection University of Alberta E H Strickland Entomological Museum Archived from the original on November 3 2019 HOSTS a Database of the World s Lepidopteran Hostplants This article on a moth of the family Yponomeutidae is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Argyresthia laricella amp oldid 1023868978, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
