Observation date: July 26, 2013
Submitted by: Robert Gorman
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: I was trying to hatch oak gall wasps, when this moth came out instead i was quite surprised . oak gall in jar until this hatched.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Josiah Gilbert
Verified date: November 14, 2013
Coordinator notes: This is the Cydia I see most commonly around my house.
"Covell (Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths) notes that larvae may feed inside of "oak apples", which are galls formed by a Cypnid wasp in the genus Amphibolips" (from Buguide)
Josiah Gilbert
