Cedar Creek
Natural History Area
Insects of Cedar Creek
Order LEPIDOPTERA
Family ARGYRESTHIIDAE
(Needle Miner Moths)
(Table of Species)
The larvae of this family (52 NA spp) bore into twigs, buds or fruit, or are leafminers attacking various trees. Nearly all belong to the genus Argyresthia. Argyresthia thuiella attacks the leaves of cedar. None collected?
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Last updated May, 2000
