Canarsia
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Genus: | Canarsia Hulst, 1890
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Species: | C. ulmiarrosorella
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Canarsia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by George Duryea Hulst in 1890. Its one species, described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860,[2] is Canarsia ulmiarrosorella, the elm leaftier moth. It is found in North America including Massachusetts, Alabama and Oklahoma.[3]
The wingspan is about 17 mm. The larvae feed on Ulmus rubra.
References
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ "Canarsia Hulst, 1890" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
- ^ Bug Guide