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Photo#1856177
leaftier caterpillar

leaftier caterpillar
Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
June 1, 2020
Size: 14.3 mm
One of several found in folded leaves of adventive Zelkova serrata saplings, W shoulder Blue Hills Parkway N of Pine Tree Brook. Larger image.

Moved

Moved
Moved from Clepsis.

Quoting TortAI with respect to Archipini:

"Larvae of many species have few diagnostic morphological characters, and it may be difficult to separate larvae of various genera such as Archips, Argyrotaenia, Clepsis, etc."

If you want to know what these larvae are you have to rear them to adults.

genus ID tentative, based on this image

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