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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Gelechiini » Chionodes » lugubrella group (Chionodes lugubrella group) » hibiscella complex (Chionodes hibiscella complex) » Chionodes hibiscella - Hodges#2084 (Chionodes hibiscella)
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Unidentified Caterpillar - Chionodes hibiscella
Copyright © 2013 Seth Ausubel

Unidentified Caterpillar - Chionodes hibiscella
Broad Channel/Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens County, New York, USA
August 4, 2013
In Marsh Hibiscus flower.

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Contributed by Seth Ausubel on 4 August, 2013 - 8:31pm
Last updated 5 August, 2013 - 2:52pm

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Chionodes hibiscella
The host plant, mode of feeding, and appearance of the larva identify it as Chionodes hibiscella (Gelechiidae).
… Terry Harrison, 5 August, 2013 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

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