Barberry carpet moth  (Pareulype berberata)

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Biology

This is a 'double-brooded' or 'bivoltine' species; two generations are produced during a single year. Adults of the first brood are active in May and the beginning of June, their eggs hatch, the resulting caterpillars are active in mid-June to mid-July and then pupate. The second brood adults emerge in August, the caterpillars that hatch from their eggs are active in August and September, and the pupae overwinter as a dormant stage. When the adults emerge the following year in April/May, the cycle begins once again (2). The caterpillars feed on barberry (3).

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