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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Planthopper Parasites (Epipyropidae) » Fulgoraecia » Planthopper Parasite Moth - Hodges#4701 (Fulgoraecia exigua)
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Strange larva clinging to a planthopper - Fulgoraecia exigua
Copyright © 2010 Beatriz Moisset

Strange larva clinging to a planthopper - Fulgoraecia exigua
Willow Grove, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 14, 2010
Size: ~ 3 mm
I suspect that the abdominal structures serve to hold the wad of cotton

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 15 July, 2010 - 12:57pm
Last updated 5 January, 2019 - 8:15am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Beatriz Moisset, 16 July, 2010 - 6:13am login or register to post comments

I bet this is the strange parasitic moth
Especially with what appear to be the prolegs with crochets (which are unique to Lepidoptera). If so, then, according to Bugguide, it's Fulgoraecia exigua.
… Peter Edelman, 15 July, 2010 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I was so puzzled by this one. It sure matches the others in the guide.
… Beatriz Moisset, 16 July, 2010 - 6:13am login or register to post comments

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