Symphoricarpos
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Aphthargelia
Snowberry Aphids
Aphthargelia is a small genus of aphids in the family Aphididae, tribe Macrosiphini, containing two described species. The genus was long considered monotypic until the description of A. rumbleboredomia in 2013. Both species are associated with host plants in the mountains of northwestern North America.
Aphthargelia symphoricarpi
Snowberry Aphid
Aphthargelia symphoricarpi is the type species of the small aphid genus Aphthargelia, originally described from North America. It is associated with snowberry (Symphoricarpos) as its host plant. The species is one of two currently recognized in the genus, the other being the recently described A. rumbleboredomia.
Dasineura undescribed-symphoricarpos
An undescribed species of gall midge in the genus Dasineura, known to induce galls on Symphoricarpos (snowberry/coralberry). As a member of the family Cecidomyiidae, it represents part of a large radiation of specialized gall-forming flies, though formal species description remains pending.
Phyllonorycter fragilella
Phyllonorycter fragilella is a small leaf-mining moth in the family Gracillariidae, with a wingspan of 8.5–9 mm. The species is known from eastern Canada and the north-central and northeastern United States. Larvae feed on honeysuckles (Lonicera), snowberries (Symphoricarpos), and milkberry (Chiococca alba), creating mines within host plant leaves.
Phyllonorycter mariaeella
Phyllonorycter mariaeella is a micro-moth in the family Gracillariidae, commonly known as leaf blotch miner moths. The species is known from limited localities in Canada and the United States. Larvae are leaf miners that feed on species of Symphoricarpos (coralberry/snowberry). Adults are tiny, with a wingspan of 8-8.5 mm.
Phyllonorycter symphoricarpaeella
A minute leaf-mining moth in the family Gracillariidae with a wingspan of 5.5–6 mm. The species is known from scattered localities across the United States. Larvae are specialized miners of Symphoricarpos (snowberry) leaves, creating distinctive tentiform mines on the leaf undersides.
Sphinx vashti
Vashti Sphinx
Sphinx vashti, the Vashti sphinx, is a moth in the family Sphingidae. It is found in western North America from British Columbia to Manitoba and south to southern California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas. The species exhibits highly variable forewing coloration ranging from pale to very dark gray, with distinctive black dashes and a black hindwing featuring white bands. It has one brood per year.