• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

Mass Moths on iNaturalist

Mass Moths

Mass Moths

Welcome to Mass Moths – The Place to go for information on Massachusetts Moths

  • Home
  • Species List
    • View Species List
    • Species List Info
  • Search
  • Community
    • How to participate and submit records
    • Moth Identification
    • Thanks
  • Summarized Project Data
  • About
  • Contact

Moths navigation

<< Previous Species:
Aspilanta oinophylla
Next Species:
Coptodisca lucifluella
>>
Adeloidea >> Heliozelidae >> Aspilanta

Aspilanta argentifera

Braun, 1927

Sort #: 85 | P3 #: 210084 | MPG #: 242
View on BugGuide | View on iNaturalist | BOLD Link

Larval feeding type: leaf-miner, pupates in leaf cut-out
Larval substrate: Comptonia peregrina* (Sweet Fern), Myrica gale* (Sweetgale), Morella caroliniensis* (Small Bayberry)
Phenology: Adult: 6/10 (1 record)

Comment: Specimens from Comptonia and Morella probably belong here

Status in MA (automated assessment): Widespread, fairly common
Status in N. America: Native
MA Endangered Species Act status: None
First Year Reported: 2004
Last Year Reported: 2021

Distribution by County: Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, Worcester, Norfolk, Plymouth, Barnstable, Nantucket
Number of Records: 17

Copyright © 2023 MassMoths · Log in