Early-spring-flight
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Chrismania
Chrismania is a monotypic moth genus in the family Crambidae, containing a single species, Chrismania pictipennalis. The genus was described in 1914 by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough. It is restricted to the southwestern United States, with records from southern California and Arizona. Adults are small moths with distinctive forewing coloration and fly in early spring.
Rhyacionia duplana
summer shoot moth, Elgin shoot moth
A small tortricid moth with a wingspan of 14–18 mm, Rhyacionia duplana is known for larval damage to young pine trees. Adults emerge in early spring, with flight beginning in March in warmer regions and April elsewhere. The species has a broad distribution across northern and central Europe through eastern Russia to East Asia, with subspecies recognized in Europe and Japan.