''Argyresthia aureoargentella'' 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
Ontario and
Quebec.
Adults are whitish. They are on wing from early June to late July. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on ''
Thuja occidentalis''. 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. Pupation takes place in a whitish, spindle-shaped cocoon that is located outside the mine on the foliage.
Caterpillars On The Foliage Of Conifers In The Northeastern United States
References
Moths described in 1953
Argyresthia
Moths of North America
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