2023 June 11 morning

   Help!  Jeremy Tatum writes:  I am currently rearing a caterpillar that feeds only upon Cascara Frangula purshiana (aka Rhamnus purshiana).  At present I have to drive several miles daily to find this plant.  Can anyone tell me where to find this plant nearer to my home?  I do not need a general statement such as that it is common and widespread throughout the area.   What I need – ASAP  –   is the exact location of an actual plant within two miles of my home, which is at the corner of Shelbourne Street and Cedar Hill Cross Road.  Please let me know at tatumjb352 at gmail dot com

In the meantime the only offering this morning is a tortricid moth, probably belonging to one or other of the genera Choristoneura or Pandemis.  Libby Avis points out that the flare near the apex of the forewings, which gives many tortricids “bell-shaped” wings, is more pronounced in Choristoneura than in Pandemis.  That, plus other small details, makes it more likely that the moth shown is Choristoneura rosaceana.

  Probably Choristoneura rosaceana (Lep.: Tortricidae) Jeremy Tatum