Western Blackheaded Budworm in Juneau, Alaska - Bob Armstrong's Nature Alaska

https://vimeo.com/609310442

Western Blackheaded Budworm in Juneau, Alaska is a video about their behavior.
I raised three of the larva to the adult stage and then sent the adult images to Moths and Butterflies of North America for verification. They were verified as Acleris gloveranus - Western Blackheaded Budworm.
Their taxonomy is: Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Subphylum Hexapoda - Hexapods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths
Superfamily Tortricoidea - Tortricid Moths
Family Tortricidae - Tortricid Moths
Subfamily Tortricinae
Tribe Tortricini
Genus Acleris
Species gloveranus - Western Blackheaded Budworm - Hodges#3547
To learn about this outbreak for Southeast Alaska look at Warmer summers fuel western blackheaded budworm infestation of Southeast hemlocks by Tash Kimmell, KCAW - Sitka August 13, 2021
And https://www.naturebob.com/sites/default/files/Find%20out%20more%20about%...
Annotated Bibliography about these budworms
For more information about them look at /sites/default/files/Western%20Blackheaded%20Budworm.pdf