Biology:Argyresthia flexilis
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Short description: Species of moth
| Argyresthia flexilis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Argyresthiidae |
| Genus: | Argyresthia |
| Species: | A. flexilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Argyresthia flexilis Freeman, 1960
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Argyresthia flexilis is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae first described by Hugh Avery Freeman in 1960.[1] It is found in the United States in northern Montana and probably the adjacent parts of Canada .
The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are yellowish white and the hindwings are smoky. Adults are on wing in late June.[2]
The larvae feed on Pinus flexilis.[3] Late instar larvae tie needles into a bundle and mine two or more of them, starting below the middle of the needle, and mining toward the apex. The frass is ejected through the mine entrance. Full-grown larvae construct a new bundle within which pupation takes place in a dense, white cocoon.
References
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ "Species Page - Argyresthia flexilis". University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. http://www.entomology.museums.ualberta.ca/searching_species_details.php?s=4694.
- ↑ HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
Wikidata ☰ Q4789899 entry
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