Argyresthia columbia explained

Argyresthia columbia is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae first described by Thomas Nesbitt Freeman in 1972.^[1] It is found in Canada in south-eastern British Columbia and is possibly also present in Alberta.

The wingspan is 12–14 mm.^[2] Adults are on wing from in June.

The larvae feed on Larix occidentalis.^[3] They bore into the terminal twigs of their host plant.

Notes and References

http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=2448 mothphotographersgroup
Web site: Species Page - Argyresthia columbia . Entomology Collection . University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum . https://web.archive.org/web/20191103080951/http://www.entomology.museums.ualberta.ca/searching_species_details.php?s=4692 . November 3, 2019.
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