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Lichen Caterpillar - Clemensia
Copyright © 2020 Isa Betancourt

Lichen Caterpillar - Clemensia
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 23, 2014
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Contributed by Isa Betancourt on 2 March, 2020 - 6:06pm
Last updated 25 March, 2020 - 8:41am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tyler Hedlund, 25 March, 2020 - 8:41am login or register to post comments

ochreata is described as a coastal plains species
so we wonder if that doesn't mean the image in the thumbnail in the comment is actually albata. Wonder if we'll know? Maybe the caterpillars will turn out to be different?
… john and jane balaban, 2 March, 2020 - 10:01pm login or register to post comments

Clemensia
Difficult to say which species owing to the recent split of Clemensia albata and the specifics of their life history.
… George Smiley, 2 March, 2020 - 7:01pm login or register to post comments

Yes, looks to be
Clemensia albata
… john and jane balaban, 2 March, 2020 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Caution
Going strictly by the ranges given in the most recent paper your thumbnail is likely Clemensia ochreata. This particular specimen is indeed likely Clemensia albata but could be Clemensia umbrata as the range for the latter is, according to the paper, poorly defined and in need of further refinement.
… George Smiley, 2 March, 2020 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

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