Caloptilia nondeterminata (T) - Caloptilia nondeterminata

Moved

… Joseph V Higbee, 5 May, 2017 - 4:58pm

Caloptilia nondeterminata

I believe that a strong possibility here is C. nondeterminata. A couple of images can be seen here. I reared a series of this species from a large shrubby species of Ribes in Washington last year. The larval "leaf wads" were conspicuous and abundant on the plant, at the beginning of June. The species appears to be variable in appearance; about half of the individuals that I reared have uniformly orange-brown forewings, and to my eye they look the same as your moth. And of course the geography also agrees.

… Terry Harrison, 5 May, 2017 - 11:24am

Makes sense

I have several Red-flowering Currant shrubs in the yard. The images on BOLD were enough different that I failed to notice the Oregon reference in the description.
I could move this to Caloptilia but would like to put it inC. nondeterminata and perhaps add a (T). This would make it more available to anyone else with similar specimen. ??
Thank you.

… Joseph V Higbee, 5 May, 2017 - 4:37pm

C. nondeterminata

Yes, considering the appearance of your moth, your locality, and the fact that you have currant shrubs in your yard, C. nondeterminata is the frontrunner for the ID of your moth. I suggest that you go ahead and put your photos onto the page for that species.

… Terry Harrison, 5 May, 2017 - 4:54pm

IQ Question

Braun (1939) (1), p. 279, mentions "In general aspect, this species resembles some forms of G. alnivorella Chambers, but is at once distinguished by the different position of the most conspicuous of the fuscous spots." The spots to which Braun seems to refer appear to be absent in the image above. One of the BOLD images does have those marks but it was never barcoded.

Given the spread images at MPG and Charley Eiseman's spread specimen at BugGuide, Photo #853362, I'm inclined to add this along with Dave Trochlell's similar example, Photo #1417953, to MPG which lacks any live images. Please let me know if you have any second thoughts. Thanks!

… Steve Nanz, 6 February, 2020 - 12:57pm