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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc. (Nymphalinae) » Melitaeini » Crescents (Phyciodes) » Pearl Crescent - Hodges#4481 (Phyciodes tharos)
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Pearl crescent caterpillar from WV - Phyciodes tharos
Copyright © 2008 Beatriz Moisset

Pearl crescent caterpillar from WV - Phyciodes tharos
Jackson's Mill, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA
April 23, 2008
Size: 15-17 mm.

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Pearl crescent caterpillar from WV - Phyciodes tharos Caterpillar from WV - Phyciodes tharos
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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 3 May, 2008 - 9:33am
Last updated 30 December, 2018 - 3:43pm

Phyciodes tharos
While there is a margin for error, I can't come up with a better fit based on location and appearance. Since it is a common species, odds are also very high in favor of this being the correct species.

Moved from Phyciodes.
… David J. Ferguson, 4 December, 2008 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
Thanks.
… Beatriz Moisset, 5 December, 2008 - 7:20am login or register to post comments

I'm pretty convinced it's Phyciodes now
Choice of species is limited, but I'm going to hold off until I learn them better. P. phaon and P. thoros would seem most likely by process of elimination.

Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… David J. Ferguson, 25 November, 2008 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

I'm not sure
about these. They resemble Phyciodes, but something doesn't seem "right" about that ID (though maybe it is correct??). It resembles this one:
… David J. Ferguson, 23 November, 2008 - 12:39am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Do we know enough to move this and the other one to subfamily or family level?
… Beatriz Moisset, 23 November, 2008 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

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