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Gelechiidae on Round-headed Bush Clover - Aristotelia

Gelechiidae on Round-headed Bush Clover - Aristotelia
Hitchcock Nature Area, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA
August 5, 2016
Size: 4 mm
June 30, 2016: collected leaf herbivory on Prairie Bush Clover, Lespedeza capitata, feeding pattern similar to another Aristotelia
July 10, 2016: must have been leaf mines I didn't notice as a Porphyrosela desmodiella emerged
July 17, 2017: on/before, 2 more Porphyrosela desmodiella emerged
August 5, 2016: opened leaf weaving to pupa of original collected moth, looks good but adult never emerged, also found a dead wasp, which looked like Zagrammosoma multilineatum
I think this is probably Aristotelia roseosuffusella but there is the possibility it could be A. lespedezae so will leave it at the genus level.

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Gelechiidae on Round-headed Bush Clover - Aristotelia Gelechiidae pupa on Prairie Bush Clover - Aristotelia Gelechiidae pupaX on Prairie Bush Clover - Aristotelia