Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2012
In 1950 work was started in New Brunswick to obtain information on the biology, control, and damage caused by the arborvitae leaf miners. At that time all damage was attributed to the arborvitae leaf miner, Argyresthia thiella (Pack.). After the first season's work four species were recognized. Adults submitted to the Systematic Unit, Entomology Division, Ottawa, were identified as Argyresthia thuiella (Pack.), A. freyella Wlshm., Recurvaria thujaella Kft., and a new species of Argyresthia later described by Brower (1) as aureoargentella. With the exception of A. thuiella, insufficient material was available for complete morphological studies, so work was based on finding suitable characters to separate the species in the late larval, pupal, and adult stages.