Hill Fireworm

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Hill Fireworm
Order: Lepidoptera || Family: Tortricidae
Tulsa (=Tlascala) finitella

This fireworm only goes through one generation per year, as compared with the black-headed fireworm which goes through two if not three generations per year. So far, only one larva has been found--on 6/20/06--on any Maine commercial cranberry beds, but whereas fireworm is such a patchy insect, its numbers could be more prevalent than that single, lone discovery in 2006 might suggest.

Photo #1: a Hill Fireworm larva found on June 20th, 2006 in central Maine (only 1 found)
Photo #2: Damage caused by the fireworm larva pictured in Photo #1, prior to its being found.

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