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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Condicinae » Leuconyctini » Leuconycta » Green Leuconycta - Hodges#9065 (Leuconycta diphteroides)
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Marbled-green Leuconycta - Hodges#9066 - Leuconycta diphteroides
Copyright © 2011 Stephen Gingold

Marbled-green Leuconycta - Hodges#9066 - Leuconycta diphteroides
Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
August 20, 2011
Size: @1 1/2"
This caterpillar was on a fern in my yard. I've had Crocus Geometer adults here before and this, to me, looks like the image in David Wagner's book. Hard to tell from the guide here.
Any confirmation or correction would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
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Contributed by Stephen Gingold on 20 August, 2011 - 4:35pm
Last updated 16 September, 2015 - 2:14pm

Moved
Moved from Marbled-green Leuconycta. This seems to fit better in diphteroides, so we'll move it there.
… john and jane balaban, 16 September, 2015 - 2:14pm login or register to post comments

Yes, the new Wagner book will just be on Noctuids
We're hoping that will help us straighten out a lot of these questions.
… john and jane balaban, 21 August, 2011 - 10:52am login or register to post comments

 
Great.
It's on my wish list. :-)
… Stephen Gingold, 21 August, 2011 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… Stephen Gingold, 21 August, 2011 - 4:25am login or register to post comments

Maybe Leuconycta lepidula
… john and jane balaban, 20 August, 2011 - 10:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks John and Jane.
Sure looks like that to me. Not in Wagner...that's my excuse anyway. Thanks.
… Stephen Gingold, 21 August, 2011 - 4:28am login or register to post comments

Four pair of abdominal prolegs
too many for a Geometrid. This is a Noctuid.
… john and jane balaban, 20 August, 2011 - 10:35pm login or register to post comments

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