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Buckeye tortricid - Olethreutes ochrosuffusanum
Copyright © 2015 Charley Eiseman

Buckeye tortricid - Olethreutes ochrosuffusanum
Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
May 15, 2015
Size: 11 mm
Emerged from a pupa found in a rolled leaf of Aesculus glabra.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 29 October, 2015 - 8:20am
Last updated 21 November, 2015 - 6:22pm

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Moved from Tortricid Moths. Nice find! Larvae of Olethreutes ochrosuffusanum are leaf-tiers on various species of Aesculus.
… Kyhl Austin, 21 November, 2015 - 6:22pm

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