Chrysoclista cambiella

Chrysoclista cambiella
Chrysoclista cambiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Agonoxenidae (disputed)
Genus: Chrysoclista
Species: C. cambiella
Binomial name
Chrysoclista cambiella
(Busck, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Psacaphora cambiella Busck, 1915

Chrysoclista cambiella is a species of moth of the Agonoxenidae family. It is found in the United States (Oregon, Idaho and Montana) and Canada (British Columbia and Alberta).

The wingspan is about 12 mm for males and 13 mm for females. The forewing ground colour is bright reddish orange, broadly edged with shining blackish brown with greenish and purplish reflections. There is a wing pattern of three round tubercular, pale golden metallic spots with strong purplish reflection. The hindwings are dark greyish brown with strong purplish reflection.

The larvae feed on Salix species. They bore in the cambium of their host plant.[1]

References

  1. ^ Review of the Nearctic species of Chrysoclista Stainton (Lepidoptera: Agonoxenidae)
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