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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Tribe: | Phycitini |
| Genus: | Canarsia Hulst, 1890 |
| Species: | C. ulmiarrosorella
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| Canarsia ulmiarrosorella | |
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The wingspan is about 17 mm. The larvae feed on Ulmus rubra.
References
edit- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ "Canarsia Hulst, 1890" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
- ^ Bug Guide
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