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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Shiny Head-Standing Moths (Argyresthiidae) » Argyresthia » Cherry Shoot Borer - Hodges#2467 (Argyresthia oreasella)
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Tiny moth - Argyresthia oreasella
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 login or register to post comments

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 login or register to post comments

Argyresthia?
Argyresthia?
… gehan gehale, 16 October, 2007 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

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