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Choreutidae, Peacock Brenthia, herbivory - Brenthia pavonacella
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Choreutidae, Peacock Brenthia, herbivory - Brenthia pavonacella
Choice, Minnesota, USA
July 17, 2022
Found no larvae, just herbivory on leaves of Pointed-leaf Tick-trefoil, Desmodium glutinosum.
But it must have been a good year for these as found herbivory and larvae at several other locations.
Woods above a goat prairie.
Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 28 November, 2022 - 8:14pm

Comments

Interesting - we hadn't realized the connection
We have plenty of Desmodium (now Hylodesmum) glutinosum (when will the name changes stop!) but have never looked for Brenthia there. Next year!
… john and jane balaban, 28 November, 2022 - 10:19pm

 
Did you find
evidence of the larvae this year?
… MJ Hatfield, 13 August, 2023 - 8:17pm

 
Alas, name changes
may have already stopped with me.
… MJ Hatfield, 29 November, 2022 - 9:50am

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