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Copyright © 2007 Robert L. Pearson

Stripped & fuzzy Larvae - Clostera paraphora

Skull Valley, AZ, USA (WSW of Prescott 10 miles), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
September 23, 2006
Size: 3/4" is my guess

This guy caught a ride to my place on a friend of mine's shirt; from 2 miles South here in Skull Valley, AZ

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Contributed by Robert L. Pearson on 20 January, 2007 - 4:07pm
Last updated 26 March, 2022 - 5:06pm

Moved

We've read through the fascicle a number of times and this seems to best fit the description of paraphora, so we will move it there.

… john and jane balaban, 26 March, 2022 - 5:06pm

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Moved

Moved from Butterflies and Moths. We're going to move this to Clostera and see if we can learn more about it there.

… john and jane balaban, 27 February, 2014 - 5:44pm

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It has a kinda Clostera look

to it. Any aspen, poplar, cottonwood nearby? Don't know what kind of Arizona Clostera there might be.

… john and jane balaban, 10 February, 2007 - 5:17pm

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Lots of Freemont Cottonwoods,

Lots of Freemont Cottonwoods, no aspen, a few landscape poplar.

… Robert L. Pearson, 10 February, 2007 - 10:18pm

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If this is a Clostera,

there are four species listed so far on Butterflies and Moths of North America, for which they have adult images and others, like inornata, for which they have only data maps. A couple are listed for Arizona and the others they just don't have complete data for yet. You may be able to find images for the caterpillars of some of those somewhere, or -- yours may be the first one posted online and you'll have to hit the libraries for hardcover images. Meanwhile we'll keep looking to see what we find. Unfortunately we could be completely wrong on the genus, but we'll learn a lot during the search anyway!

… john and jane balaban, 11 February, 2007 - 9:22am

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The Search goes on!

Thanks much for your help.

… Robert L. Pearson, 11 February, 2007 - 9:27am

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