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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae
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caterpillar on milkweed
Copyright © 2016 Doug Wechsler

caterpillar on milkweed
Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 7, 2012
On common milkweed leaf, Asclepias syriaca

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Contributed by Doug Wechsler on 2 November, 2016 - 1:03pm
Last updated 3 November, 2016 - 5:57pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 3 November, 2016 - 5:57pm login or register to post comments

Tortricine
This is a tortricine tortricid, I don't know which one. It most likely fed on something other than the milkweed, and then, after finishing feeding, went to the milkweed and was silking the leaf to create a pupation chamber.
… Terry Harrison, 2 November, 2016 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

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