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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Angeronini » Lytrosis » Common Lytrosis - Hodges#6720 (Lytrosis unitaria)
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Perfect stick mimic - Lytrosis unitaria
Copyright © 2013 Bob Barber

Perfect stick mimic - Lytrosis unitaria
Jasper, Newton County, Arkansas, USA
May 5, 2003
I am thinking Euchlaena obtusaria
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Contributed by Bob Barber on 16 February, 2013 - 2:03pm
Last updated 7 September, 2014 - 5:33pm

Moved
Moved from Geometrid Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 7 September, 2014 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

Another possibility would be Lytrosis unitaria
Maybe Arpad will chime in with thoughts.
… john and jane balaban, 16 February, 2013 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
Lytrosis unitaria might be a better match. This larva was quite large as you can see by my fingers. I though Lytrosis was smaller, but maybe I am wrong.
… Bob Barber, 16 February, 2013 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

:-)
love it
… Edna Woodward, 16 February, 2013 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

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