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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Ourapterygini » Sabulodes » Sabulodes aegrotata - Hodges#6995 (Sabulodes aegrotata)
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Omnivorous Looper caterpillar - Sabulodes aegrotata
Copyright © 2009 Lynette Elliott

Omnivorous Looper caterpillar - Sabulodes aegrotata
Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, USA
September 30, 2009
I believe this might be the Omnivorous Looper - Sabulodes aegrotata. It matches fairly well to the image on page 151 of Lepidoptera of the Pacific Northwest: Caterpillars and Adults. This individual was found on concrete, but there is plenty of Red Alder there. I also have photographed adults in the immediate area.


There is a caterpiller online that matches the image on page 151 a little better than mine as far as coloring. However, my guide specifically states that there is a pair of black spots near the top of the head capsule. See online image that is missing those two head spots here. Maybe we're both wrong?

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Omnivorous Looper caterpillar - Sabulodes aegrotata Omnivorous Looper caterpillar - Sabulodes aegrotata
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 30 September, 2009 - 7:34pm
Last updated 4 December, 2011 - 12:16pm

Moved
Moved from Geometrid Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 4 December, 2011 - 12:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Sabulodes aegrotata
Thanks for the confirmation.
… Lynette Elliott, 4 December, 2011 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

Range of images here on BugGuide
but it certainly looks like you have it identified
… john and jane balaban, 3 December, 2011 - 9:51pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree
Looks like the correct id.
… tom murray, 4 December, 2011 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

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