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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Euteliidae » Euteliinae » Paectes » Large Paectes - Hodges#8962 (Paectes abrostoloides)
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caterpillar - Paectes abrostoloides
Copyright © 2010 Mark Moran

caterpillar - Paectes abrostoloides
Meadowwood BLM, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
July 30, 2010
Size: approx 1 inch
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Contributed by Mark Moran on 1 August, 2010 - 8:19am
Last updated 20 December, 2010 - 9:35pm

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… john and jane balaban, 20 December, 2010 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

We would suggest that this is one of the Paectes
Wagner lists four species on page 376. It may be that the size is enough to ID this as abrostoloides, but we don't know. Did you notice any of the plants nearby? That might also help.
… john and jane balaban, 1 August, 2010 - 9:51am login or register to post comments

 
Probably Paectes abrostoloides.
This guy was on a fence post. Plenty of sweetgum in the area. Probably no shortage of poison ivy either, but I don't recall any in the immediate area.
… Mark Moran, 1 August, 2010 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

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