Ottawa (Dunrobin), ON Canada

4 August 2006   10:42PM EST  (top left)
2 September 2006   8:37PM EST  (top right)
17 August 2006   8:49PM EST  (bottom left)
26 August 2006   8:21PM EST  (bottom right)

Epinotia medioviridana is one of about 25 species of Epinotia that have been recorded from the Ottawa area.  My identification of Epinotia medioviridana is based on Internet resources and on the description of this species in Forbes, William T.M., The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States, Primitive Forms, Microlepidoptera, Pyraloids, Bombyces (Ithaca, New York: Cornell University, 1923).

The forewing of Epinotia medioviridana is described by Forbes (1923) as light dull gray, shaded with apple green, especially in the median towards the inner margin.  The basal area is followed by a wide, somewhat wavy band of brown edged with fine black lines.  The outer part of the wing is somewhat mottled with brownish gray, especially towards the costa and at the inner margin just before the anal angle.  Forbes (1923) indicates a wingspan of 16 mm.

According to Rings and Metzler (Rings, R.W. and Metzler, E.H. 2002.  The Lepidoptera of Portage County, Ohio.  OARDC Research Bulletin 1195; available on the Internet), the larva of Epinotia medioviridana , known as the Raspberry Leaf Roller, feeds in the rolled leaves of raspberry.  According to Forbes (1923), the adult Epinotia medioviridana flies in August and September.

My records to date for Epinotia medioviridana (each date representing "the night of") are in the table below: