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Genus Lochmaeus

Caterpillar ID Request - Lochmaeus bilineata unknown moth - Lochmaeus manteo - female Moth needs ID: Hodges #7998 - Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth - Lochmaeus manteo Notodontidae: Lochmaeus bilineata - Lochmaeus bilineata - male moth sp. - Lochmaeus bilineata - male Double-lined Prominent - Hodges#7999 - Lochmaeus bilineata Unknown caterpillar in the driveway - Lochmaeus manteo Small, green caterpillar - Lochmaeus bilineata
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)
Subfamily Heterocampinae
Genus Lochmaeus
Explanation of Names
Lochmaeus Doubleday 1841
Numbers
2 spp.(1)
Size
Larvae to 4.5 cm(2)
Identification
Larvae of the two spp. are indistinguishable(2), but useful hints are: bilineata rarely has appreciable white on the inner side of the black head line and often has broken supraspiracular stripe; manteo usually has the whitish subdorsal stripe edged with yellow
Range
Eastern NA(2)
Season
Larvae Apr‒Nov, common in the fall(2)
Works Cited
1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
2.Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2005. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 21 August, 2023 - 6:26pm

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