THE CONIFEROUS FEEDING SPECIES OF ARGYRESTHIA IN CANADA (LEPIDOPTERA: YPONOMEUTIDAE)

31 May 1972

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist

Vol. 104 (5) , 687-697
https://doi.org/10.4039/ent104687-5

Abstract

Fourteen coniferous feeding species of Argyresthia in Canada are dealt with. The following seven species are described as new: canadensis n. sp., Quebec; mariana n. sp., Ontario; columbia n. sp., British Columbia; picea n. sp., Ontario, Quebec, Yukon Territory; abies, n. sp., Ontario; tsuga n. sp., British Columbia; pseudotsuga n. sp., British Columbia. Two species, confused under the name freyella Walsingham, are distinguished. A key is given to the species.

Keywords

ARGYRESTHIA
LEPIDOPTERA
YPONOMEUTIDAE
FOURTEEN
FEEDING SPECIES
CONIFEROUS FEEDING
SEVEN
PSEUDOTSUGA

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