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Green cat / brown moth - Amphipyra tragopoginis
Copyright © 2018 Peter J. Crockett

Green cat / brown moth - Amphipyra tragopoginis
Fabius, Onondaga County, New York, USA
June 14, 2018
Size: 3 cm
I thought this cat was a Roland's Sallow, but the moth doesn't look right, so I don't know.

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Contributed by Peter J. Crockett on 15 July, 2018 - 9:51am
Last updated 15 July, 2018 - 11:36am

Moved
What plant did you reared it on?
Moved from ID Request.
… Maury J. Heiman, 15 July, 2018 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

 
When I found it, it was walki
When I found it, it was walking across a paved road. I had no idea what it was, so I just put it in a jar with various tree leaves. It was happy to eat the leaves of a flowering bush that I don't know the name of. It pupated in a few days.

D.L. Wagner says that Roland's Sallow is supposed to eat oak, which is not what I fed it, and that it is supposed to overwinter as a pupa, but this guy emerged in a month. And it didn't look right, so I was stumped.

Two days after I found this one, I found another one on a different road about 10 miles away, but unfortunately, that one died without pupating (ate for awhile, but then shriveled up).
… Peter J. Crockett, 15 July, 2018 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

While the adult seems a bit o
While the adult seems a bit odd, the caterpillar seems a good match for Orthosia hibisci.
… jim sogaard, 15 July, 2018 - 11:01am login or register to post comments

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