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Harrisina americana
Adult moths are uniformly black except for a yellowish or orange collar. The antennae are pectinate in both sexes and plumose in the male. The forewings are four times as long as wide and more than twice the area of the hind wings. The abdomen is usually curled upwards and expanded at the tip into a fan-shaped.
Native hosts include wild grapes and Virginia creeper. Among cultivated grapes, grapeleaf skeletonizer seems to prefer exotic or the more choice and tender varieties.
Spotted on Jun 9, 2012
Submitted on Jun 22, 2012
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