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Blackberry Skeletonizer
Schreckensteinia festaliella
Schreckensteinia festaliella, the blackberry skeletonizer, is a moth of the Schreckensteiniidae family. It is native to Eurasia, but introduced to North America and now widespread from California and Alberta to at least Quebec and the north-eastern United States.
From the article Schreckensteinia festaliella on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The moth's wingspan is 10–12 mm. The head is pale metallic bronzy-ochreous. Forewings are pale shining ochreous; base and costa suffused with fuscous; a dark fuscous streak from base along fold to tornus, thence along termen nearly to apex; a dark fuscous median longitudinal streak from before 1/3 of disc to costa close before apex, at 2/5 enlarged into a spot, which tends to form a fascia with dark costal and tornal suffusion. Hindwings are dark grey. The larva is pale green; dorsal line darker head and plate of 2 green.
Range & habitat
It is native to the Palearctic, but was introduced to North America and is now widespread from California and Alberta to Quebec and the north-eastern United States.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 345532.