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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Rivulinae » Rivula » Spotted Grass Moth - Hodges#8404 (Rivula propinqualis)
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Spotted Grass Moth caterpillar - Rivula propinqualis
Copyright © 2011 Ilona L.

Spotted Grass Moth caterpillar - Rivula propinqualis
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
August 22, 2011
Size: ~9mm
Caterpillar was found on Crown Vetch.
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 29 November, 2011 - 8:32pm
Last updated 17 March, 2014 - 8:50pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 17 March, 2014 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

Wonder if this might be
Rivula propinqualis, Wagner - Owlets pg 72, which actually feeds on grasses.
… john and jane balaban, 5 January, 2012 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

 
The vetch was growing amid gr
The vetch was growing amid grass so the caterpillar could have been eating grass, too. You must have the new book by Wagner, I presume. This sounds promising as I did come across several of the moths last summer.
… Ilona L., 5 January, 2012 - 8:02pm login or register to post comments

Are these related?
… john and jane balaban, 5 January, 2012 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

We don't recognize this guy.
Wonder if it's Acronicta. Did you get it to grow and molt?
… john and jane balaban, 29 November, 2011 - 9:39pm login or register to post comments

 
caterpillar
No, I don't have any further photos. It was one of the many caterpillars that did not survive.
… Ilona L., 29 November, 2011 - 10:11pm login or register to post comments

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