#tortricid

[unkn0wnvariable]

Tortricid Moth

One of the tortricid "leaf-roller" species of month, amongst the long grass along a path side, in Short Wood.

[onenicebugperday]

@sonofsimon submitted: I really like this friend's fancy outfit. I think it's in Argyrotaenia. I'm in western Michigan if you want to try to ID species.

Oh, very stylish! I think almost certainly Argyrotaenia quercifoliana, the yellow-winged oak leafroller :)

[usgsbiml]

This is a shot of a Tortricid Moth  from the Cosmorrhyncha genus ... the genitalia and perhaps the abdomen, though this is not absolutely clear to me. The slide was given to me by John W. Brown from NMNH as an experiment to see if I could get a good shot of a slide mount

[rcannon992]

Tiny moths in a buttercup

Tiny moths in a buttercup

There’s a lot going on inside buttercups if you look closely. Well maybe not all buttercups! But if you keep an eye open, all sorts of things turn up, as I have blogged about before: Buttercup bedfellows. Orange spot percier (Pammene aurana) on underside of buttercup Today I came across a new bedfellow to add to the list: Orange spot percier (Pammene aurana). This little (wingspan 9-13 mm)…

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[drhoz]

On #378, the "Enchocrates Moth"

It wasn't. It wasn't even a Depressariid - it's actually Epiphyas postvittana, the Light Brown Apple Moth, or LBAM, a serious pest that originated in South-East Australia.

Here's another of its colour forms

Photographed on my porch, last night