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Cocoons on a balsam poplar leaf - Paraleucoptera albella
Copyright © 2016 Christopher Adam

Cocoons on a balsam poplar leaf - Paraleucoptera albella
Fredericton, York County, New Brunswick, Canada
August 31, 2016
Can someone point me in the direction of the moth family of these cocoons? Leaves collected for the blotch mines, but unobserved caterpillars (two per leaf) quickly established these cocoons. I have them in a vial, and I assume they will overwinter (advice needed on that).
Contributed by Christopher Adam on 26 September, 2016 - 11:35am
Last updated 2 October, 2016 - 8:35pm

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