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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Litini » Arogalea » Stripe-backed Moth - Hodges#1851 (Arogalea cristifasciella)
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Stripe-backed Moth - Arogalea cristifasciella
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Stripe-backed Moth - Arogalea cristifasciella
Randolph, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
September 14, 2006
Size: 8mm
I found this hanging from the trees on a silk line.
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Contributed by tom murray on 14 September, 2006 - 6:53pm
Last updated 14 March, 2016 - 9:01pm

Moved
Moved from Twirler Moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 March, 2016 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 7 February, 2011 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

Connecting images
Hope no one minds. I've been researching this one in my spare time (nothing yet), but I do want to find out what it is. I am connecting this image to another one hoping if one gets IDed they both will.
… John R. Maxwell, 12 November, 2007 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

 
I found one as well.
I'm fairly sure it was dangling from a maple tree.
… Carmen Champagne, 28 January, 2009 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

 
sort of similar from the west coast


and from Ontario, Canada
… Lynette Elliott, 4 January, 2011 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Host tree
What types of trees were they?
… John R. Maxwell, 12 November, 2007 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Pine trees
At least that's what I seem to remember.
… tom murray, 12 November, 2007 - 3:36pm login or register to post comments

Silk line suggests lep.
Also, the tail end appears to have more of a lep-type shape, with broad false feet. An underside view would no doubt settle it but I'll bet there isn't one.
… Jim McClarin, 7 October, 2006 - 7:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes,
You're probably right. I missed the silk line comment. The tail end does look very lep like, even though those body sections are so crazy for a caterpillar! I hope we can ID this.
… Lynette Elliott, 8 October, 2006 - 8:34am login or register to post comments

 
Caterpillar
It's an odd looking one, and these aren't in Wagner's book, so identification chances get slim. Thanks for the observations and comments.
… tom murray, 8 October, 2006 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

Tom
Keep in mind I really have no clue on this one, but it reminds me more of a beetle larva.
… Lynette Elliott, 7 October, 2006 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

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