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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths (Lasiocampoidea) » Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths (Lasiocampidae) » Lasiocampinae » Gastropachini » Phyllodesma » American Lappet Moth - Hodges#7687 (Phyllodesma americana)
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Unknown Caterpillar - Phyllodesma americana
Copyright © 2014 Libby & Rick Avis

Unknown Caterpillar - Phyllodesma americana
Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
August 20, 2014
Large caterpillar. Wondered about perhaps a Zale or a Catocala??

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Unknown Caterpillar - Phyllodesma americana Unknown Caterpillar - Phyllodesma americana
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Contributed by Libby & Rick Avis on 9 September, 2014 - 6:47pm
Last updated 15 September, 2014 - 1:20pm

Moved
Moved from Gastropachini.
… Libby & Rick Avis, 15 September, 2014 - 1:20pm login or register to post comments

It is possible that this is what an early instar
Phyllodesma americana looks like. Just can't find anything to confirm that. We'll keep looking.
… john and jane balaban, 10 September, 2014 - 4:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Forwarded this to Jeremy Tatum.
He agrees with Phyllodesma americana. Thanks again for your help.
… Libby & Rick Avis, 15 September, 2014 - 1:20pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 10 September, 2014 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, for your help with these.
It certainly looks like the other photo from Washington. The BC list only has four Lasiocampinae: Phyllodesma americana, Malacosoma disstria, Malacosoma californica and Tolype dayi. We see all of them quite regularly as adults. It's definitely not a Malacosoma - we see those caterpillars quite often. Haven't seen a caterpillar for Tolype dayi and can't find a photo. The two red and black marks certainly look like photos of Phyllodesma americana, but the markings are different from any photos I've found - they're more blue/gray. Unless it's one of those species where there'a quite a bit of variation!
… Libby & Rick Avis, 10 September, 2014 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

Looks like a western Lasiocampinae

But we don't know what you have out there.
… john and jane balaban, 9 September, 2014 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

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