Lampronia capitella In spring, the larvae bore in the young new buds of their host plant. Lampronia capitella The currant shoot borer moth (Lampronia capitella) is a species of moth of the Prodoxidae family. It is found in most of central, northern and eastern Europe. It is also found in North America. The wingspan is 14–17 mm. Adults have chocolate-brown wings with creamy markings and a yellowish-orange head tuft. They are on wing from May to mid-July. The larvae feed on the young green fruit of "Ribes rubrum", "Ribes uva-crispa" and "Ribes nigrum". Larvae can be found from August to September. The
Ribes cereum to form a corolla-like structure. Inside there are minute white or pinkish petals, five stamens, and a two protruding green styles. The fruit is a rather tasteless red berry up to a centimeter (0.4 inch) wide, with a characteristically long, dried flower remnant at the end. The Zuni people use the berries of the "pedicellare" variety as food, and eat the leaves with uncooked mutton fat or deer fat. Ribes cereum Ribes cereum is a species of currant known by the common names wax currant and squaw currant ("R. c." var. "pedicellare" is known as whisky currant). It is native