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Fascista cercerisella
LARVA: body completely ringed with black and white bands (about a dozen broad black bands interspersed with broad white bands); head tan, yellowish, or orangish. ADULT: head and labial palps white or ivory; thorax and forewing shiny black; forewing with 3 white costal spots (largest near base) and another white spot at anal angle. Hindwing pale gray. (information from BugGuide)
I often see folded-over leaves on redbud trees, so I finally decided to open one up and see what was living inside the "tent." As you can see, multiple caterpillars reside together on a single leaf.
Spotted on May 10, 2012
Submitted on May 12, 2012
2 Comments
I think I'm going to collect a few leaves and see if I can photograph the adult stage.
Very interesting! I will have to check our redbuds for these guys!