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Heteropacha rileyana
Copyright © 2014 George Smiley

Heteropacha rileyana
Karnack, Harrison County, Texas, USA
April 27, 2013
Found feeding on Texas Honey Locust (Gleditsia × texana). Another alternative coloration of the larval form.
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Contributed by George Smiley on 12 January, 2014 - 10:47am
Last updated 14 November, 2018 - 5:45pm

Again this looks like it has
a middorsal hump on A8, but we could just be seeing things!! :)
It certainly looks like Riley's
… john and jane balaban, 14 November, 2018 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

 
No
I have actually never seen one without a hump here. Host plant does need slight correcting though.
… George Smiley, 14 November, 2018 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

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