Argyresthia pedmontella

Argyresthia pedmontella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in North America, including Colorado.

Argyresthia pedmontella
Wing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Argyresthiidae
Genus: Argyresthia
Species:
A. pedmontella
Binomial name
Argyresthia pedmontella

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are white, strongly suffused with dark brown on the costal and apical parts. The dorsal part below the fold is only slightly sprinkled with dark scales. There is an irregular series of darker brown spots intervened by pure white dashes on the costal edge from the basal third to the apex. Around the apex and along the base of the dorsal cilia, a thin blackish-brown line is found. Furthermore, there is large, oblique, dark brown spot shaped like a parallelogram on the middle of the dorsal edge, reaching across the light dorsal area to the more densely dusted costal part. The hindwings are light fuscous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ^ Revision Of The American Moths Of The Genus Argyresthia   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.