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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Hadenini » Melanchra » Melanchra pulverulenta - Hodges#10294 (Melanchra pulverulenta)
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Black and Yellow Stripes - Melanchra pulverulenta
Copyright © 2012 Matt Goff

Black and Yellow Stripes - Melanchra pulverulenta
Sitka County, Alaska, USA
August 22, 2012

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Contributed by Matt Goff on 23 August, 2012 - 1:36am
Last updated 23 August, 2012 - 9:00am

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Moved from Butterflies and Moths. We're not clear how to separate the larva of pulverulenta from assimilis, but it looks like pulverulenta is the northwest species.
… john and jane balaban, 23 August, 2012 - 9:00am login or register to post comments

 
Melanchra pulverulenta
Thank you John and Jane for the input. It might not be a positive answer, but I can now call it something besides "Black and Yellow Caterpillar".

I take a lot of pictures of all types of wildlife, insects, plants, flowers, scenery, etc. up here in Alaska. I like to catalog everything with a name. Sometimes my books just don't do it for me and I rely on kind folks like you in assisting me. I will now research the M pulverulenta and assimilis and then choose between the two. The added photo by Matt was a big help.

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