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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Plume Moths (Pterophoroidea) » Plume Moths (Pterophoridae) » Five-lobed Plume Moths (Pterophorinae) » Oxyptilini » Geina
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caterpillar found on grape leaf - Geina
Copyright © 2007 Ilona L.

caterpillar found on grape leaf - Geina
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
May 16, 2007
This caterpillar had rolled inself up in a wild grape leaf.
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 17 May, 2007 - 1:51am
Last updated 8 December, 2010 - 10:40pm

Moved
Moved from Plume Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 9 May, 2009 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

This is Geina, but it is diff
This is Geina, but it is difficult to distinguish between sheppardi and periscelidactylus based on an image. G. sheppardi larvae usually have darkly sclerotized thoracic legs and distinct head markings but these are not visible in the picture. The pink spot does not show up until the prepupal stage.
… Deborah Matthews, 9 May, 2009 - 5:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 30 December, 2008 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

What do you think of the Grape Plume Moth?
Scroll down this page till you run into Geina and see what you think.
… john and jane balaban, 30 December, 2008 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

 
caterpillar
There are some similarities but enough differences that I hesitate to identify this as Geina. The pink color does not show, the body is not tapered and the head lacks the color change shown in the caterpillar athttp://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/grapeipm/images/Grape%20Plume%20Moth%20B.jpg
… Ilona L., 30 December, 2008 - 5:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Well, it was worth the shot anyway.
We will move this to the plume moths where we moved the other similar caterpillars. There doesn't seem to be anything that looks like this other than plumes. Don't know if that's what they all are, but at least they'll be together when we find someone who can maybe ID some.
… john and jane balaban, 30 December, 2008 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

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