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Cute dotted caterpillar - Hahncappsia mancalis
Copyright © 2010 Yurika Alexander

Cute dotted caterpillar - Hahncappsia mancalis
Atco, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
September 6, 2010
Size: 20mm?
Found on Ground cherry leaf.
Maybe something in Pyraustinae?
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Contributed by Yurika Alexander on 21 December, 2010 - 6:59pm
Last updated 1 August, 2021 - 5:25am

Moved to Hahncappsia mancalis
Moved from Pyraustinae.

Tentative ID. See comments on BugGuide Photo #1565432.
… Steve Nanz, 1 August, 2021 - 5:25am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Rollers and Tiers.
… Charley Eiseman, 25 August, 2013 - 6:09am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 31 December, 2010 - 10:28am login or register to post comments

Check out the first image on
this page. Must at least be close, but how would ya know?
… john and jane balaban, 26 December, 2010 - 6:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks :)
I checked it out. Yeah, looks pretty close. But host plants and size doesn't match... My caterpillar should be belongs to moth which much bigger than Choreutidae.
And I saw this caterpillar on Lambsquarters before too. Is this helpful?
Thank you for looking around!!
… Yurika Alexander, 26 December, 2010 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

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