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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths (Lasiocampoidea) » Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths (Lasiocampidae) » Lasiocampinae » Gastropachini » Phyllodesma » American Lappet Moth - Hodges#7687 (Phyllodesma americana)
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One of the Tent Cats - Phyllodesma americana
Copyright © 2011 Gacko

One of the Tent Cats - Phyllodesma americana
Desoto, Dallas County, Texas, USA
April 4, 2011
Size: 21-22mm
I almost didn't even bother with this one--I assumed it was a Forest Tent Cat which I find every April and a few of which I have already seen on my fence under the oak trees. But it is different and I haven't been able to find a match.

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Contributed by Gacko on 4 April, 2011 - 4:47pm
Last updated 2 January, 2024 - 9:29am

Moved
Moved from Phyllodesma.
… john and jane balaban, 2 January, 2024 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Gastropachini.
… john and jane balaban, 14 November, 2018 - 4:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 17 May, 2012 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 19 April, 2011 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

Perhaps early instar Lappet Moth (Phyllodesma americana)
Yours looks like this one to me:
… Kelly Fiegle, 5 April, 2011 - 4:58am login or register to post comments

 
I think you must be right--
While I was looking I saw those two red bars on the later instars and discounted the possibility. I've added a closer view of that area on mine--I think the two gold bars must turn red in later versions. (Why do these remind me of old men who need to trim their ear-hairs?)
… Gacko, 5 April, 2011 - 9:02am login or register to post comments

 
:)
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… Kelly Fiegle, 6 April, 2011 - 4:20am login or register to post comments

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