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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Spilomelinae » Nomophilini » Desmia » funeralis or maculalis (Desmia funeralis or maculalis)
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caterpillar on a grape leaf - Desmia
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

caterpillar on a grape leaf - Desmia
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
July 14, 2010
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Contributed by tom murray on 15 July, 2010 - 8:02am
Last updated 30 December, 2010 - 6:09pm

What are your thoughts on these?

Wish we knew more :(
… john and jane balaban, 30 December, 2010 - 7:08pm login or register to post comments

 
I moved all but one
The brown one on willow looks like a Desmia, but it's not on grape, so I don't know what it is.
… tom murray, 30 December, 2010 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
It certainly appears to be a Desmia sp. with the spiky hairs and the pairs of black spots behind the head and at the end of the abdomen. And the only ones in the northeast are these 2 look alikes.
… tom murray, 30 December, 2010 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

All these little guys look the same to us!
We can't even separate them by family! See Desmia for something similar, but we're not convinced. We were expecting Tortricidae!
… john and jane balaban, 30 December, 2010 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

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