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I am useless at Tortricids, but it looks ever so much like the photo of Spilonota laricana on page 148 of CMM's 2nd Edition. Have you got larch nearby?
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve. I`m really glad that you said that species, as it`s on my shortlist but I`ve been caught out by suggesting that one before. With luck others may give an opinion.
ReplyDeletePS. and I forgot say that there are larches nearby.
ReplyDeleteI`ve also now remembered (after reading up about it) that the issue I had before (back in 2017) re laricana was that it really needs dissection to differentiate from the commoner ocellana, even though my (since released) specimen looks like the latter.
ReplyDeleteYes I think it will have to go down as ocellana/laricana.
ReplyDeleteThanks George - I suspected so!
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