Canarsia

Canarsia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Tribe:	Phycitini
Genus:	Canarsia; Hulst, 1890
Species:	C. ulmiarrosorella
Binomial name
	Canarsia ulmiarrosorella; (Clemens, 1860)
Synonyms
	Nephopteryx ulmiarrosorella Clemens, 1860; Stenoptycha pneumatella Hulst, 1887; Psorosa ulmella Ragonot, 1887; Honora fuscatella Hulst, 1888; Canarsia gracilella Hulst, 1900; Canarsia feliculella Dyar, 1907; Canarsiana discocellularis Strand, 1920; Ancylosis discocellularis;

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

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