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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Xanthorhoini » Epirrhoe » White-banded Toothed Carpet - Hodges#7394 (Epirrhoe alternata)
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Looper moth caterpillar? - Epirrhoe alternata
Copyright © 2014 Christine Hanrahan

Looper moth caterpillar? - Epirrhoe alternata
Reveler Conservation Area, North Stormont, Ontario, Canada
September 14, 2014
This quite small looper caterpillar was on a blade of grass in an open meadow type area, with apple trees, maples, elm nearby. I thought at first it might be Eupithecia miserulata, but now I am not sure.

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Contributed by Christine Hanrahan on 29 December, 2014 - 7:36pm
Last updated 23 December, 2016 - 12:05am

Moved
Moved from Geometrid Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 23 December, 2016 - 12:05am login or register to post comments

Certainly looks like
… john and jane balaban, 22 December, 2016 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
For this link... it really does look like the one in my photos.
… Christine Hanrahan, 22 December, 2016 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

Epirrhoe alternata?
Could this be White-banded Carpet,Epirrhoe alternata?
… Christine Hanrahan, 11 February, 2016 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tony Leukering, 4 January, 2015 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

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