''Argyresthia annettella'' is a
moth of the family
Yponomeutidae. It is found in
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
, 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.
The larvae feed on ''
Juniperus communis''. They
mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
...
the leaves of their host plant. The larvae are green. Pupation takes in an open-mesh cocoon outside the mine on the foliage.
Caterpillars On The Foliage Of Conifers In The Northeastern United States
Etymology
The species is named for Annette Frances Braun
Annette Frances Braun (1884–1978) was an American entomologist and leading authority on microlepidoptera, a grouping of mostly small and nocturnal moths. Her special interest was leaf miners: moths whose larvae live and feed from within a leaf ...
, who first collected the species.
References
Moths described in 1907
Argyresthia
Moths of North America
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