Chestnut ermine moth
| Chestnut ermine moth | |
|---|---|
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Argyresthiidae |
| Genus: | Argyresthia |
| Species: | †A. castaneella
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| Binomial name | |
| †Argyresthia castaneella Busck, 1915
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| Synonyms | |
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Argyresthia castaneela (lapsus) | |
The chestnut ermine moth (Argyresthia castaneella) is an extinct
extinct due to chestnut blight obliterating its primary food source, the American chestnut
.
References
- . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 15 August 2023.