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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Heterocampinae » Misogada » Drab Prominent - Hodges#7974 (Misogada unicolor)
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Pink caterpillar w/ white stripe - Misogada unicolor? - Misogada unicolor
Copyright © 2013 LDElling

Pink caterpillar w/ white stripe - Misogada unicolor? - Misogada unicolor
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
December 1, 2013
Size: Approx. 1 1/2 " long
Rosy pink color w/ stripe down its back. No hair, spikes - just smooth. Gray-pink colored eyes. Found among sycamore leaves on a cool day. Possibly Misogada unicolor larva of Drab Prominent moth.

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Pink caterpillar w/ white stripe - Misogada unicolor? - Misogada unicolor Pink caterpillar w/ white stripe on back - Misogada unicolor
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Contributed by LDElling on 19 December, 2013 - 3:56pm
Last updated 20 December, 2013 - 1:54pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 20 December, 2013 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

Any more images?
Especially one where the pattern on the side would be visible? This is a Notodontid, either Macrurocampa (usually on oak) or Misogada (on Sycamore). Let's see what Laci thinks
… john and jane balaban, 19 December, 2013 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Drab
Looks like Misogada to me, especially given that it was under sycamore leaves.
… LaciP, 20 December, 2013 - 10:44am login or register to post comments

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