// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did the Archips goyerana moth say? Leaf me alone.
| Baldcypress leafroller | |
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| Archips goyerena eggs | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Archips |
| Species: | A. goyerana |
| Binomial name | |
| Archips goyerana Kruse, 2000 | |
Archips goyerana, the baldcypress leafroller, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.
Distribution
[edit]It is known from southern Louisiana and south-western Mississippi. It originally may have been endemic to forested wetlands, but has undergone a population explosion and expansion of its range since 1983.
Description
[edit]The length of the forewings is 6.8–8.5 mm for males and 8–10 mm for females.
Biology
[edit]The larvae feed on Taxodium distichum and are considered a serious pest of that tree species.