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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 » Sheppard’s Plume Moth - Hodges#6091.1 (Geina sheppardi)
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chrysalis found on top of leaves - Geina sheppardi
Copyright © 2008 Ilona L.

chrysalis found on top of leaves - Geina sheppardi
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
June 9, 2008
I've been finding these on the tops of many different kinds of leaves. I've also noticed the little bristly object by several of these cases.
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 14 June, 2008 - 2:41pm
Last updated 13 December, 2010 - 10:41pm

Moved
Moved from Geina.
… john and jane balaban, 9 May, 2009 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

Geina sheppardi Landry. Posi
Geina sheppardi Landry. Positive ID.
… Deborah Matthews, 9 May, 2009 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 18 October, 2008 - 4:32pm login or register to post comments

shed cuticle
The green object is a chrysalis - sorry, I'm not a Lepidopterist, so I can't tell you the genus. The fuzzy thing is the cast-off larval cuticle left behind when the insect molted to form the chrysalis.
… Andy Hamilton, 17 June, 2008 - 9:42am login or register to post comments

Dead Moth larva perhaps?
The "little bristly object" appears to have a head and legs on the lower left. I suspect it is the larva of a moth or some other insect. Was the case hollow? The larva may have been removed from the case by another insect, spider or a bird, only to be repelled by the bristles. Or it may have been eaten and just the exoskeleton remains. As far as an identification, I'll leave that to the experts!
… Kris Light, 14 June, 2008 - 6:54pm login or register to post comments

 
We would agree
with caterpillar exoskeleton. It probably is what was discarded when the chrysalis was formed and freed from the larval skin.
… john and jane balaban, 14 June, 2008 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

Reminds us of images we have filed
under the genus Geina here. Maybe you could write to some of the folks who did those identifications to see if they think yours is in that genus?? Maybe bring a few indoors so you can photograph the adult when it emerges.
… john and jane balaban, 14 June, 2008 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

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