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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Sterrhinae » Cosymbiini » Pleuroprucha » Common Tan Wave - Hodges#7132 (Pleuroprucha insulsaria)
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unknown caterpillar - Pleuroprucha insulsaria
Copyright © 2016 Marcia Morris

unknown caterpillar - Pleuroprucha insulsaria
Verona, Augusta County, Virginia, USA
September 17, 2015
I found this "inchworm" on a leaf of the Heptacodium miconioides - Family Caprifoliaceae. Can anyone identify this larva?

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Contributed by Marcia Morris on 17 September, 2016 - 4:22pm
Last updated 21 September, 2018 - 12:45pm

Moved
Moved from Geometrid Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 21 September, 2018 - 12:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Marcia Morris, 18 September, 2016 - 7:03am login or register to post comments

There always seems to be confusion on these,
as you can see here, between Cyclophora pendulinaria and Pleuroprucha insulsaria

Then throw in a little Eupethecia too! Ouch! Where's the geometrid expert when we need one?!
… john and jane balaban, 17 September, 2016 - 5:04pm login or register to post comments

 
wow!
I think that we might be looking at Pleuroprucha insulsaria when comparing the dorsal view with others on that page. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I've placed the critter in my butterfly cage - hopefully it will transform into its pupa stage in captivity ...
… Marcia Morris, 17 September, 2016 - 6:59pm login or register to post comments

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