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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc. (Nymphalinae) » Melitaeini » Patches, Checkerspots (Chlosyne) » Gorgone Checkerspot - Hodges#4489 (Chlosyne gorgone)
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Gorgone Checkerspot - Chlosyne gorgone
Copyright © 2013 John Pearson

Gorgone Checkerspot - Chlosyne gorgone
Ackworth, Warren County, Iowa, USA
July 25, 2013
Size: ~1 cm
Groups of these caterpillars were common on many leaves of many plants of Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) on July 25 and 26, but had vanished by July 27. Both sides of the leaves were eaten.

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Contributed by John Pearson on 28 July, 2013 - 8:21am
Last updated 13 October, 2013 - 12:53pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… John Pearson, 13 October, 2013 - 12:49pm login or register to post comments

Gorgone Checkerspot
Chlosyne gorgone
… David J. Ferguson, 22 August, 2013 - 9:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 3 August, 2013 - 11:33pm login or register to post comments

Pyraustini
I was thinking genista broom moth (Uresiphita reversalis), but the food plant is wrong. Maybe something else in Pyraustini?
… LaciP, 2 August, 2013 - 9:38am login or register to post comments

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