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 binominatum rounded, toothed lobes. The inflorescence is a solitary flower or a raceme of up to four flowers which dangling from the branches. The flower has five fuzzy sepals in shades of pale green, sometimes edged with red, which are reflexed upward. At the center is a tubular corolla of white or pinkish petals around five stamens and two shorter styles. The fruit is a yellowish green berry about a centimeter (0.4 inch) wide which is covered in long prickles which harden into spines. Ribes binominatum Ribes binominatum is a species of currant known by the common names trailing gooseberry and