Archips eleagnana

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SeasonalityEnd June – early August. IdentificationOverall very similar to A. argyrospila but the markings tend to be much more subdued to being nearly absent. It also tends to be slightly larger and mottling is less pronounced on the forewing. The forewing is normally dull greyish brown but varies from greyish olive to greyish red. The hindwings are typically grey. The larva is similar to A. argyrospila but is slightly larger and the head is brown with a darker patch near the ocelli. (MacKay 1962)

Scientific Name Archips eleagnana Habitat Prairie and montane. Seasonality End June – early August. Identification

Overall very similar to A. argyrospila but the markings tend to be much more subdued to being nearly absent. It also tends to be slightly larger and mottling is less pronounced on the forewing. The forewing is normally dull greyish brown but varies from greyish olive to greyish red. The hindwings are typically grey. The larva is similar to A. argyrospila but is slightly larger and the head is brown with a darker patch near the ocelli. (MacKay 1962)

Conservation Unknown, known from very few localities but is locally common in the Kootenay Plains Ecological Reserve. Diet Info The larva feeds on Eleagnus. (Freeman 1958) Range Known from only a handful of localities in Alberta, Manitoba, and New Mexico. Notes This is likely just a host plant race of Archips argyrospila.

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"Species Details - Archips eleagnana, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-23703/9-48438. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.

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UASM51744 - Archips eleagnana

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1936-07-26

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