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Choristoneura argentifasciata

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ13466083 ↗
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Choristoneura argentifasciata is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

The length of the forewings is 6–7 mm for males and 7.4-8.2 mm for females. Adults have been recorded on wing from March to August.

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This entry incorporates text from “Choristoneura argentifasciata” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.