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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Stiriinae » Annaphilini » Cerathosia » Cerathosia tricolor - Hodges#9064 (Cerathosia tricolor)
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colorful larva - Cerathosia tricolor
Copyright © 2016 Valerie G. Bugh

colorful larva - Cerathosia tricolor
Water Quality Protection Land owned by the City of Austin on Onion Creek, Hays County, Texas, USA
October 18, 2009
After raising one of these, I can now place a label on earlier images. Found eating rain lily (Cooperia sp.).
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Contributed by Valerie G. Bugh on 4 September, 2016 - 7:54pm

OK, they should be fixed
on MPG now, both 8999 and 9064. Thanks
… john and jane balaban, 6 April, 2018 - 2:25pm login or register to post comments

We're confused by your very different image
on MPG. Should that one be moved to Cydosia?
… john and jane balaban, 5 April, 2018 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

 
that was a mistake
A long time ago, I asked an expert about that one. He had confused Cerathosia with Cydosia, especially since they can both use the same host plant (rain lily). It ended up that way in some publications too. Anyway, yes, that image on MPG is actually Cydosia aurivitta.
… Valerie G. Bugh, 5 April, 2018 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

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