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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 » Tarache » Delightful Bird Dropping Moth - Hodges#9146 (Tarache delecta)
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Inchworm? - Tarache delecta
Copyright © 2006 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Inchworm? - Tarache delecta
Deep Fork Wildlife Refuge, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
July 23, 2006
Size: aprox. 20mm
I looked in Wagner but did not see a match.



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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 23 July, 2006 - 1:00pm
Last updated 9 September, 2015 - 1:09pm

Moved
Moved from Acontiinae.
… john and jane balaban, 9 September, 2015 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

Tarache delecta
As far as I can tell this is the only member of the Acontiinae that feeds on mallow (see Noctuidae of North America). It is referred to as the "mallow caterpillar" in Weiss (1919), who gives a description and b/w photos that seem to match this individual pretty well.
… Ted C. MacRae, 29 August, 2014 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 9 December, 2006 - 5:59pm login or register to post comments

very interesting!
looks like two pair of abdominal prolegs! What could this be?
… john and jane balaban, 23 July, 2006 - 2:11pm login or register to post comments

 
You guys are observant!
The Looper Moths (Plusiinae) have this configuration. Maybe in other families as well.
… A.W. Thomas, 23 July, 2006 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

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