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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 » Eupitheciini » Eupithecia » Grey Pug - Hodges#7487 (Eupithecia subfuscata)
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brown caterpillar on goldenrod - Eupithecia subfuscata
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brown caterpillar on goldenrod - Eupithecia subfuscata
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
October 30, 2015
Size: 17 mm

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brown caterpillar on goldenrod - Eupithecia subfuscata brown caterpillar on goldenrod - Eupithecia subfuscata
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Contributed by eatingmentos on 18 January, 2016 - 3:20pm
Last updated 23 November, 2018 - 3:57pm

Moved
Moved from Common Tan Wave.
All the images we have of Pleuroprucha cats that have been raised to adult have a different pattern, 'bowties' down the back rather than diamonds. See
vs
We have some images similar to yours posted from Alberta and Saskatchewan that are way out of the range for Pleuroprucha and they seem to compare favorably with Eupithecia subfuscata so we moved them there based on the similarity to images on MPG
… john and jane balaban, 23 November, 2018 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Geometrid Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 9 September, 2018 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 21 February, 2016 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

Looks to us to be
Pleuroprucha insularia
… john and jane balaban, 18 January, 2016 - 5:04pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree.
I agree.
… jim sogaard, 9 September, 2018 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

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