Missing elements when copy/paste from Illustrator into Phtotoshop

Not sure if this is a photoshop issue or Illustrator issue or a me issue.

Working on a plaid pattern I'm buzzing along with no issues, then suddenly I am not getting complete image copying from Illustrator into photoshop; parts of the image are missing (see attached images).

I did several versions of this and the older versions are fine.  They were all created the same way: create the pattern square in AI (no blends or filters), create a pattern swatch by rasterizing the repeat square then bounding box behind it, Object > pattern> make or drag into swatches. 

In AI create a round shape and fill with pattern, copy and paste into PS.  I have done this a million times with not problems then suddenly this. 

I have tried paste as pixels, paste as smart object, checked prefences and image settings/adjustments to see if they match the patterns that still work, restart, update....nothing works. 

I feel like it is going to be some embarassingly small thing i am overlooking. thanks in advance.

I am on mac OS, latesst version of both PS and &AI.