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Red-banded Leafroller on Bastard toadflax, dorsal - Argyrotaenia velutinana

Red-banded Leafroller on Bastard toadflax, dorsal - Argyrotaenia velutinana
Coldwater Creek Road, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
June 11, 2018
I would not purposely rear a Red-banded Leafroller (or Endothenia hebesana), but it continues to happen. Each time it happens I try really hard to make the adult into something else.

June 8, 2018: collected leaves of Bastard toadflax, Comandra umbellata, woven together
June 16, 2018: o/b pupa in lightly woven cocoon on rearing jar cover
June 23, 2018: adult

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Red-banded Leafroller on Bastard toadflax, dorsal - Argyrotaenia velutinana Red-banded Leafroller on Bastard toadflax, lateral - Argyrotaenia velutinana Red-banded Leafroller on Bastard toadflax, pupa - Argyrotaenia velutinana Red-banded Leafroller, dorsal - Argyrotaenia velutinana Red-banded Leafroller, lateral - Argyrotaenia velutinana