Biology:Canarsia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Canarsia
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Canarsia

Hulst, 1890
Species:
C. ulmiarrosorella
Binomial name
Canarsia ulmiarrosorella
(Clemens, 1860)[1]
Synonyms
  • Nephopteryx ulmiarrosorella Clemens, 1860
  • Stenoptycha pneumatella Hulst, 1887
  • Psorosa ulmella Ragonot, 1887
  • Honora fuscatella Hulst, 1888
  • Canarsia gracilella Hulst, 1900
  • Canarsia feliculella Dyar, 1907
  • Canarsiana discocellularis Strand, 1920
  • Ancylosis discocellularis

Canarsia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by George Duryea Hulst in 1890. Its one species, described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860,[2] is Canarsia ulmiarrosorella, the elm leaftier moth. It is found in North America including Massachusetts , Alabama and Oklahoma.[3]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The larvae feed on Ulmus rubra.

References

  1. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ↑ "Canarsia Hulst, 1890" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  3. ↑ Bug Guide

Wikidata ☰ Q27997395 entry