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Zeiraphera unfortunana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tortricidae

Scientific name
  
Zeiraphera unfortunana

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Zeiraphera

Rank
  
Species

Zeiraphera unfortunana

Zeiraphera unfortunana, the purplestriped shootworm, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in North America in Nova Scotia, from Ontario to British Columbia, Yukon, Alaska, Michigan and Minnesota.

The larvae feed on Picea glauca, Picea engelmanni, Picea sitchensis, Abies balsamea, Abies lasiocarpa and Abies amabilis.

References

Zeiraphera unfortunana Wikipedia