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Zeiraphera unfortunana

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Zeiraphera unfortunana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Zeiraphera
Species:
Z. unfortunana
Binomial name
Zeiraphera unfortunana
Ferris & Kruse, 2008

Zeiraphera unfortunana, the purplestriped shootworm, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. 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.

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