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Olethreutinae, cut open stem of Prairie Sage - Epiblema benignata
Copyright © 2019 MJ Hatfield

Olethreutinae, cut open stem of Prairie Sage - Epiblema benignata
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
May 21, 2019
April 23, 2019: there were multiple attempts to rear these moths, several stems of Prairie sage, Artemisia ludoviciana, in several jars. This one was unsuccessful.
May 21, 2019: moths from other stems had emerged, cut this stem open to a live pupa
July 20, 2019: no moth had emerged, checked on the pupa, moth had died

A successful rearing here:

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 18 December, 2019 - 5:53pm

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