The linden bark borer (Lepidoptera: Agonoxenidae) infesting European linden in Nova Scotia

The Holarctic genus Chrysoclista (Lepidoptera: Agonexenidae) consists of very distinctive, small, brightly coloured moths whose larvae bore in the bark of deciduous trees. There are seven species worldwide including three found in Europe, two found in the Caucasus, and two Nearctic species, C. cambi...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Canadian Entomologist
Main Author: Majka, Christopher G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2005
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/n05-019
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00002935
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Summary:The Holarctic genus Chrysoclista (Lepidoptera: Agonexenidae) consists of very distinctive, small, brightly coloured moths whose larvae bore in the bark of deciduous trees. There are seven species worldwide including three found in Europe, two found in the Caucasus, and two Nearctic species, C. cambiella (Busck, 1915) and C. villela (Busck, 1904). In addition, the Palearctic species C. linneella (Clerck, 1759) has been introduced to North America (Karsholt 1997). In Europe, C. linneella is found across most of the continent, in all of the Baltic and Fennoscandian countries, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, Rumania, Russia (Karsholt and Razowski 1996), Turkey, and Ukraine (S. Koster, personal communication).