Canarsia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by George Duryea Hulst in 1890. Its one species, described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860, is Canarsia ulmiarrosorella, the elm leaftier moth. It is found in North America including Massachusetts, Alabama and Oklahoma.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Elm Leaftier Moth being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pyralidae
- Genus
- Canarsia
- Species
- Canarsia ulmiarrosorella
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