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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 » Argyresthia freyella - Hodges#2455 (Argyresthia freyella)

Species Argyresthia freyella - Hodges#2455

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)
Family Argyresthiidae (Shiny Head-Standing Moths)
Genus Argyresthia
Species freyella (Argyresthia freyella - Hodges#2455)
Hodges Number
2455
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Argyresthia freyella Walsingham, 1890
* phylogenetic sequence #076600
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of German-born lepidopterist Prof. Heinrich Frey (1822-1890).
Size
Wingspan 8-9 mm. (1)
Identification
Genitalia:
Range
Roughly from Minnesota south to Dallas, Texas, east to Alabama, northeast to New Jersey, north to New Brunswick and Ontario. (1), (2), (3)
Food
Larval hosts are junipers (Juniperus, Cupressaceae). Forbes reported them on eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) and arborvitae (Thuja). (1), (3)
Life Cycle
Larva makes a spindle-shaped white cocoon with brown spots attached to the outside surface of the foliage included in its web. (4)
Larvae feed in mines which extend along main branches and branchlets. Pupation takes place in cocoons spun on leaves or branches in the spring.(5)
Overwinter as full-grown larvae in the mine.(5)
One generation per year.(5)
Print References
Busck, A. 1907. Revision of the American moths of the genus Argyresthia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 32: 11 (1)
Forbes, W.T.M. 1923. The Lepidoptera of New York and neighboring states. Cornell University Memoir 68: 346 (3)
Silver, G.T. 1957. Studies on the Arborvitae Leaf Miners in New Brunswick (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae and Gelechiidae). The Canadian Entomologist 89(4): 171-182 (abstract)
Walsingham, Lord 1890. Notes on the genus Argyresthia Hb., with descripions of new species. Insect Life 3(3): 119
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.Revision of the American moths of the genus Argyresthia.
August Busck. 1907. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 32: 5-24, pl.4-5.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States
William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.
4.Caterpillars on the Foliage of Conifers in the Northeastern United States (Revised).
Chris T. Maier, Carol R. Lemmon, Jeff. M. Fengler, Dale F. Schweitzer. Richard, C. Reardon. 2011. USDA FHTET-2011-07: 1-153.
5.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 3 December, 2008 - 9:54pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Marci Hess, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 7 December, 2023 - 6:22am

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