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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Bird Dropping Moths (Acontiinae) » Acontiini » Ponometia » Small Bird Dropping Moth - Hodges#9095 (Ponometia erastrioides)
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Ponometia erastrioides caterpillar - Ponometia erastrioides
Copyright © 2012 Karen Campbell

Ponometia erastrioides caterpillar - Ponometia erastrioides
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 10, 2011
We had this IDd with the help of Curt Lehman and David Wagner. According to the book "Owlet Caterpillars of E. NA" by Wagner et. al., this is a green-form and the "black patterning over the head capsule" differentiates this from the similar P. candefacta.

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Contributed by Karen Campbell on 19 February, 2012 - 3:53pm

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