Platynota stultana Wlsm. Injury to Briarcliff Rose. Two buds on left infested with larva; bud on right uninfested. Center bud shows petals expanded and partly eaten - other petals webbed together and eat at top - while one sepal is webbed to bud. Bud on left decaying at bottom. Note sepals distorted.

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Unknown. 1934. “Platynota stultana Wlsm. Injury to Briarcliff Rose. Two buds on left infested with larva; bud on right uninfested. Center bud shows petals expanded and partly eaten - other petals webbed together and eat at top - while one sepal is webbed to bud. Bud on left decaying at bottom. Note sepals distorted..” Special Collections, USDA National Agricultural Library. Accessed January 20, 2025, https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/items/show/12317.