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Depressariidae - Agonopterix

Depressariidae - Agonopterix
Plymouth Rock, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
June 16, 2018
June 8, 2018: collected larva on Prickly ash, Zanthoxylum americanum, at Heritage Valley


June 12, 2018: collected more host plant nearby, set them in a jar of water on the table, ready when needed
June 16, 2018: again saw tiny frass on the table and this time checked the plants for larvae, sure enough, 2 lep larva, this one and
the other one:

June 29, 2018: this larva pupated at bottom of the jar between layers of paper towel, the other one pupated inside of a dry curled leaf with a bit of weaving on leaf
July 12, 2018: moth emerged (photographed)
July 15, 2018: this larva's moth emerged. Set free without a photograph (several Agonopterix species look very similar)