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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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Mystery Twirler caterpillar again - Arogalea cristifasciella
Copyright © 2014 Yurika Alexander

Mystery Twirler caterpillar again - Arogalea cristifasciella
Atco, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
October 14, 2014
Size: 10mm?
Originally found hanging by silk thread from white oak tree. I saw same one hanging from black oak few days ago too.
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Contributed by Yurika Alexander on 14 October, 2014 - 7:52pm
Last updated 14 March, 2016 - 8:39pm

Moved
Moved from Twirler Moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 March, 2016 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

Any chance you can try to raise this one?
Seems like it must eat oak.
… john and jane balaban, 14 October, 2014 - 8:14pm login or register to post comments

 
I think MJ solved mystery!


And I had this moth (which I think it's Arogalea cristifasciella) on that white oak!
… Yurika Alexander, 13 February, 2016 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

 
I just noticed that too!
I'm in the process of moving all these larvae to that species.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 March, 2016 - 8:38pm login or register to post comments

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