''Argyresthia belangerella'' is a

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of the family

Argyresthiidae Argyresthiidae is a family of moths known as the shiny head-standing moths. It was previously treated as a subfamily of Yponomeutidae. Genera *''Argyresthia'' Hübner, 825 __NOTOC__ Year 825 ( DCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday ...

first described by

Vactor Tousey Chambers Vactor Tousey Chambers (commonly V.T. Chambers) (6 August 1830, Burlington, Kentucky – 7 August 1883, in Covington, Kentucky) was an American entomologist who specialized in Microlepidoptera. He along with James Brackenridge Clemens, was a pione ...

in 1877. It is found in

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. It might be only a variety of '' Argyresthia conjugella''. The

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is about 13 mm. The costal part of the forewing above the fold is dark brown, with a series of even darker costal spots from the middle to the apex, the outer ones intersected with white dashes. The dorsal part of the wing below and somewhat beyond the folds is ochreous white, with a semicircular, not very well defined dark brown spot on the middle of the dorsal edge and a smaller one at the apical third. The hindwings are dark fuscous. Busck, August (1907)
"Revision of the American moths of the genus ''Argyresthia''"
''Proceedings of the United States National Museum''. 32 (1506): 5–24.

References

Moths described in 1877 Argyresthia Moths of North America {{Yponomeutidae-stub