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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Gelechiini » Filatima » Dusky-backed Filatima - Hodges#2169 (Filatima pseudacaciella)
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caterpillar on locust - Filatima pseudacaciella
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

caterpillar on locust - Filatima pseudacaciella
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
August 11, 2010
Size: 13mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 12 August, 2010 - 10:35am
Last updated 7 February, 2014 - 3:35pm

Moved
Moved from Filatima.
Thanks Terry.
… tom murray, 7 February, 2014 - 3:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Host?
Are you confirming the host as Robinia?
… Steve Nanz, 5 April, 2023 - 10:28am login or register to post comments

 
Host
This caterpillar was in a locust at a location that has a ton of small locust in a field.
… tom murray, 5 April, 2023 - 10:32am login or register to post comments

 
Ok
It's not the greatest but at least we have one that's reasonably identified for MPG. Thanks!
… Steve Nanz, 7 April, 2023 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

F. pseudacaciella
If this was reared from Robinia, then it is Filatima pseudacaciella.
… Terry Harrison, 7 February, 2014 - 12:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… tom murray, 1 September, 2010 - 11:40pm login or register to post comments

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