Family Tortricidae Hodges # 3635
Caterpillar foods: apple, holly, oaks, pine, roses, and other woody plants (Bugguide) also birch, Ninebark (see below)
Here’s a link to information about how to tell this species apart from Archips purpurana.
Males of this species have a “costal fold” at the “shoulders”.
6/16/2011 male
6/19/2011 male
6/5/2012 female
Lifecycle – reared on birch (Betula papyrifera)
5/15/2022 Larva found in a shelter on a birch leaf.
6/4/2022
6/10/2022 Newly formed pupa
6/20/2022 Adult emerged and was released
Lifecycle – reared on Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
6/8/2022 found on Ninebark
6/13/2022 Pupa
6/20/2022 Adult emerged and was released
