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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cydosiinae » Cydosia » Gold-banded Cydosia - Hodges#8999 (Cydosia aurivitta)
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caterpillar eating rain lily - Cydosia aurivitta
Copyright © 2018 Star Donovan

caterpillar eating rain lily - Cydosia aurivitta
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
April 4, 2018
compare with cerathosia image on this site: austinbug.com/callforcaterpillars.html ( austinbug.com/extra/cerathosia.jpg )

compare with Cydosia nobilitella on bugguide: https://bugguide.net/node/view/360763/bgimage

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caterpillar eating rain lily - Cydosia aurivitta caterpillar eating rain lily - Cydosia aurivitta caterpillar eating rain lily - Cydosia aurivitta
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Contributed by Star Donovan on 5 April, 2018 - 12:39am
Last updated 5 April, 2018 - 2:52pm

Yes, if this had been photographed in south Florida
we would have been looking at Cydosia also. Do you think we should move yours to Cydosia aurivitta? We will
… john and jane balaban, 5 April, 2018 - 2:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Cydosia
I'll defer to your expertise. I'm not sure whether it's cerathosia or cydosia at this point.
… Star Donovan, 5 April, 2018 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Not sure why these look so different from what Valerie posted, but these certainly look like the image in Owlets.
… john and jane balaban, 5 April, 2018 - 9:58am login or register to post comments

 
Cydosia?
It looks kind of like Cydosia nobilitella to me:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/360763/bgimage
… Star Donovan, 5 April, 2018 - 12:15pm login or register to post comments

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