Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pyralidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Canarsia
Hulst, 1890 | |
Similar Dioryctria reniculelloides, Hypsopygia olinalis, Aglossa cuprina, Pococera | ||
Canarsia is a genus of moths in the snout moths family. It contains only one species, Canarsia ulmiarrosorella, the elm leaftier moth, which is found in North America, including Massachusetts, Alabama and Oklahoma.
The wingspan is about 17 mm. The larvae feed on Ulmus rubra.
Genus has only this one species.
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