Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Argyresthiidae > Argyresthia > Argyresthia annettella

Argyresthia annettella

Wikipedia Abstract

Argyresthia annettella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in North America, including Ohio, Ontario and Quebec. The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are silvery white with a pale golden crooked fascia from the base of the costa to the basal third of the dorsal edge. There is a broad golden fascia on the middle of the wing. There is also an irregular inwardly curved golden fascia slightly furcate at the costal edge and at the apical third. This is preceded by a golden costal streak. The hindwings are light golden fuscous.
View Wikipedia Record: Argyresthia annettella

Prey / Diet

Juniperus communis (Common Juniper)[1]
Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Red-cedar)[1]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

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
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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