Canarsia

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]

Canarsia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Canarsia

Hulst, 1890
Species:
C. ulmiarrosorella
Binomial name
Canarsia ulmiarrosorella
(Clemens, 1860)[1]
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

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The larvae feed on Ulmus rubra.

References
  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. "Canarsia Hulst, 1890" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  3. Bug Guide


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