Coleophora laricella was known to be a deforester of which species of tree found in the western United States?
Coleophora laricella Coleophora laricella, the western larch case-bearer, is a moth belonging to the family of case-bearing moths Coleophoridae. It is native to Central and Northern Europe, with its original food source being the European larch or "Larix decidua". However, it was introduced to North America in the mid-19th century where it has gained a wide range and become an invasive defoliater of several species of the genus "Larix", particularly the western larch "Larix occidentalis" and the tamarack larch "Larix laricina".
Alnus oblongifolia Alnus oblongifolia (Arizona alder) is a large alder, birch-family tree up to 72 ft , from the southwestern United States and northern Sonora, Mexico. It grows across Arizona into western New Mexico mountain ranges. In central Arizona its range extends across the transition zone to the White Mountains region of eastern Arizona–western New Mexico border.