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Onceroptila cygnodiella

Synonyms: Aphelosetia cygnodiella; Perittia cygnodiella

Wikipedia Abstract

Perittia cygnodiella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found from British Columbia and Alberta through Washington to California. The length of the forewings is 3.5-5.5 mm. The forewings are gray with an elongate dark spot in the middle of the wing. This spot is surrounded by bluish-white scales, forming an irregular light patch. The hindwings are gray, basally often lighter.
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Prey / Diet

Symphoricarpos albus (common snowberry)[1]
Symphoricarpos mollis (creeping snowberry)[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