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Argyresthiidae
36a0079 – 2454   Argyresthia flexilis Freeman, [1961] 1960
Distribution Data for Argyresthia flexilis
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Larva and
Host Plants:
Pinus flexis (limber pine).
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • flexilis Freeman, [1961] 1960 (Argyresthia) - MONA 1983: 2454; Holotype: St. Marys, Montana.
    Note: Authorship year corrected from “1960” to "[1961] 1960" in Pohl & Nanz (2025).
  • References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD)
    • Freeman T.N., 1960. Needle-Mining Lepidoptera of Pine in North America. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 92, Suppl. 16: 22; fig. 18 (abstract and access (fee))
    • Pohl, G.R. & S.R. Nanz, 2025. Corrections to the 2023 “Annotated Taxonomic Checklist Of The Lepidoptera Of North America, North Of Mexico”. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 79(2): 104-116.
    • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
    • Species Page at iNaturalist
    Argyresthia flexilis
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    Argyresthia flexilis
    - holotype - LG – © Jocelyn Gill - CNC

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