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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) » Glaphyriinae » Evergestis » Purple-backed Cabbageworm - Hodges#4897 (Evergestis pallidata)
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caterpillar feeding on kale in the garden - Evergestis pallidata
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

caterpillar feeding on kale in the garden - Evergestis pallidata
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 2, 2011
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Contributed by tom murray on 2 October, 2011 - 10:56pm
Last updated 5 November, 2013 - 8:09am

Moved
Moved from Evergestis.
… john and jane balaban, 5 November, 2013 - 8:10am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths. These look like the images that we find online of Evergestis pallidata, but we don't know enough to say that it is that species.
… john and jane balaban, 18 October, 2011 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

We think Wagner says
they overwinter as caterpillars.
… john and jane balaban, 3 October, 2011 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

 
It's still eating a lot
So I'm going to see if it keeps eating and pupates in the warmth of the house.
… tom murray, 3 October, 2011 - 7:11pm login or register to post comments

Wonder if it might be something in Haploa?
Lynette posted something very similar recently.
… john and jane balaban, 3 October, 2011 - 12:06pm login or register to post comments

 
It does look like some sort of Haploa. I'm going to try and rear it and with luck we'll see what it turns out to be.
… tom murray, 3 October, 2011 - 5:42pm login or register to post comments

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