Ottawa (Dunrobin), ON Canada

21 June 2003   10:09PM EST  (left and right)
Both photos are of the same specimen.

My initial identification of this species was based on Covell (1984) and subsequently checked against specimens in the Canadian National Collection in Ottawa.  My thanks to Dr. J. Donald Lafontaine of Agriculture Canada for confirming the identification of the actual specimen pictured above.

Archips striana is one of a dozen or so species of Archips known to occur in the Ottawa area.  The forewing is boldly streaked all over in cream, pale brown, and dark brown to black.  Near the outer margin, a group of dark streaks appear to fan out from a single point.  I would estimate the wing length at a little more  than 10 mm.

I have no information about the larval host plant or life cycle of Archips striana.

I have photographed this species in 2002, on 20 and 25 June; in 2003, on 21 June.