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Olethreutinae, herbivory on Showy tick-trefoil - Grapholita fana

Olethreutinae, herbivory on Showy tick-trefoil - Grapholita fana
Craggy Rocks, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
June 15, 2018
In 2016 Showy tick-trefoil, Desmodium canadense was part of the original seed planted in this ex-corn field.
Third prairie year, 2018, was the first year I noted apical leaf herbivory on Showy-tick-trefoil and a month later this moth.