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Gelechiidae from Willow - Aristotelia fungivorella
Copyright © 2015 MJ Hatfield

Gelechiidae from Willow - Aristotelia fungivorella

Hayden Prairie, Howard County, Iowa, USA
June 24, 2015
Size: 7 mm length
May 31, 2015: collected woven and eaten leaves of Prairie Willow, Salix humilis
June 24, 2015: this moth was caught in the thin material covering the rearing jar
Checking through the jar after the emergence of 2 different moths, found 3 dead larvae, weavings and no pupal cases
ID by T Jantscher
Batch rearing.

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 1 November, 2015 - 6:47am
Last updated 11 February, 2017 - 5:50pm

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