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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Ourapterygini » Besma » Straw Besma - Hodges#6884 (Besma endropiaria)
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Geometrid caterpillar on purpletop - Besma endropiaria
Copyright © 2015 Yurika Alexander

Geometrid caterpillar on purpletop - Besma endropiaria
Atco, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
September 20, 2015
Size: 35mm?
Found on a stalk of purpletop.
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Contributed by Yurika Alexander on 20 September, 2015 - 6:33pm
Last updated 6 September, 2018 - 11:39am

Moved
Colors seem to better fit the Straw Besma, but we could be wrong on species. We read pgs 140 and 141 a couple of times and we think we have it right.
… john and jane balaban, 6 September, 2018 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

The swellings are on T2 and A3 which should mean Besma
See page 140 here
… john and jane balaban, 26 December, 2015 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

 
If so...
Maybe it dropped from white oak nearby...
… Yurika Alexander, 26 December, 2015 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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