2021 June 7

 

   Jeremy Tatum has two micro moths this morning.  The first one, from a caterpillar raised on Cornus stolonifera, is easy:

 

Choristoneura rosaceana (Lep.: Tortricidae)   Jeremy Tatum

 

    The next one is not so easy, but it was tracked down for me by Libby Avis and Dave Holden as Cnephasia longana, a European invader.  I am sure many viewers have noticed Ox-eye Daisies with the white ray petals folded inwards:

 

Ox-eye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare (Asteraceae)   Jeremy Tatum

 

That is the work of this caterpillar:

 

Cnephasia longana (Lep.: Tortricidae)       Jeremy Tatum

 

…which grew into this moth (length 9 mm):

Female Cnephasia longana (Lep.: Tortricidae)       Jeremy Tatum