Moths of North Carolina
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Argyresthia freyella Walsingham, 1890 - Red Cedar Leafminer Moth


Argyresthia freyellaArgyresthia freyella
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Yponomeutoidea
Family:
Argyresthiidae
P3 Number:
36a0081
MONA Number:
2455.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Argyresthia freyellaAlamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Martin McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New%20Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Swain Transylvania Tyrrell Union Vance Wake Warren Washington Watauga Wayne Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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Image showing flight dates by month for High Mountains greater than 4,000 feet, Low Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain: adults.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
Larval Host Plants: Larvae reportedly feed on Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana) and Northern White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis) (Forbes 1923; Eiseman, 2022). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: [W-PK]
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR SNR [S1S2]
State Protection:
Comments: For a species associated with a very common and widespread host plant, records for it in North Carolina are extremely sparse.

 Photo Gallery for Argyresthia freyella - Red Cedar Leafminer Moth

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Argyresthia freyella
Recorded by: Rob Van Epps on 2025-04-23
Mecklenburg Co.
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Argyresthia freyella
Recorded by: Rob Van Epps on 2025-04-23
Mecklenburg Co.
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Argyresthia freyella
Recorded by: Mark Shields on 2020-04-16
Onslow Co.
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Argyresthia freyella
Recorded by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn on 2017-04-18
Carteret Co.
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