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Chrysoclista villella

Wikipedia Abstract

Chrysoclista villella is a species of moth of the Agonoxenidae family. It is found in the United States (Washington) and Canada (British Columbia). The wingspan is about 10 mm for both males and females. The forewing ground colour is bright orange, anteriorly broadly margined with shining blackish brown which extends nearly to fold from base to one-half wing length, and posteriorly similarly margined, nearly meeting anterior dark margin distally. There is a wing pattern of three round tubercular, blackish-brown edged, silver metallic spots. The hindwings are greyish brown with purplish reflection.
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Prey / Diet

Lyonia ligustrina (maleberry)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0