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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae
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Tortricid Moth Larva
Copyright © 2010 Ken

Tortricid Moth Larva
Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 29, 2010
Size: approx 18mm total length
Originally submitted as: Insect Eggs ?
Thank you, Charley, John, v, j&j, and Terry
Found in the underbrush along a grassy trail in southeastern PA.
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Contributed by Ken on 30 September, 2010 - 10:22am
Last updated 3 August, 2012 - 2:08pm

Thank you all
It's nice to have this mystery solved.
… Ken, 3 August, 2012 - 2:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tortricid Moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 2 August, 2012 - 6:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Rollers and Tiers.
… john and jane balaban, 2 August, 2012 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

Tortricidae
I'm seeing a blackish larva covered with white pinacula, which indicates one of the generalist tortricine tortricids (e.g., Choristoneura). It appears to be making its overwintering shelter (not surprisingly, considering that it was the end of September).
… Terry Harrison, 2 August, 2012 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 22 December, 2010 - 10:11am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… Ken, 27 October, 2010 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 22 October, 2010 - 9:57pm login or register to post comments

Caterpillar
rolling/tying a leaf. See the video on this image (yours may be a different species)
… John R. Maxwell, 30 September, 2010 - 10:27am login or register to post comments

 
Interesting video
Thanks. So what appeared to me to be a collection of tiny black spheres is actually the body of the caterpillar? I doubt if it was more than 20mm long. Do you have any idea what it may have been?
… Ken, 30 September, 2010 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

 
I think
"tiny black spheres" = caterpillar frass
… John R. Maxwell, 30 September, 2010 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

 
It almost looks like...
a head is visible facing the bottom of the picture. It seems unlikely that there would be this much frass when the caterpillar hasn't even started feeding on this leaf yet, but I've also never seen a leafrolling larva that was covered with black bumps, so I don't know what else to say about it. The silk tying the leaf is definitely the work of a moth larva of some kind, and unfortunately I think we'd need a better closeup to say for sure what the deal is with the 'tiny black spheres'.
… Charley Eiseman, 6 October, 2010 - 8:50am login or register to post comments

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