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Cherry Shoot Borer - Hodges#2467 (Argyresthia oreasella)
Photo#152249
Copyright © 2007
Jo Ann Poe-McGavin
Tiny moth -
Argyresthia oreasella
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 10, 2007
Size: 1/4 inch
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Contributed by
Jo Ann Poe-McGavin
on 16 October, 2007 - 12:27pm
Last updated 16 October, 2007 - 11:18pm
A. austerella versus oreasella
The moths in all of the photos on this page are
A. oreasella
. this was identified previously as
A. austerella
as the result of a minor mixup. True
A. austerella
is pretty dissimilar from
A. oreasella
in appearance;
A. austerella
is illustrated in Busck's 1907 paper, but not too many people have ready access to it. An image of
A. austerella
, along with
A. oreasella
, can be seen
here
. The citation for Busck's paper also is given there.
…
Terry Harrison
, 5 January, 2008 - 10:34am
why not A. oreasella?
I looked at photos of
Argyresthia oreasella
(Cherry Shoot Borer) here: [
1
,
2
,
3
] and photos of
A. austerella
here: [
1
,
2
] but didn't notice any obvious differences.
Do you know what distinguishes these two species?
…
Robin McLeod
, 17 October, 2007 - 12:44am
Argyresthia?
Argyresthia?
…
gehan gehale
, 16 October, 2007 - 10:09pm
