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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Heliothinae » Flower Moths (Schinia) » Arcigera Flower Moth - Hodges#11128 (Schinia arcigera)
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caterpillar - Schinia arcigera
Copyright © 2016 Ilona L.

caterpillar - Schinia arcigera
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
September 29, 2016
I think this is a caterpillar of Schinia arcigera - Arcigera Flower Moth. Found on aster.

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Contributed by Ilona L. on 30 September, 2016 - 12:09am
Last updated 30 September, 2016 - 1:46pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… Ilona L., 30 September, 2016 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

S. arcigera certainly seems like a possibility
That's what we would have suggested based on the Owlets book, but there are so many Schinia :(
… john and jane balaban, 30 September, 2016 - 9:48am login or register to post comments

 
Nothing for certain here, but
Nothing for certain here, but I'm not aware of any other Schinia present in the Midwest that looks much like this (and also feeds on aster). To me it seems very safe to call this Schinia arcigera.
… jim sogaard, 30 September, 2016 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

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