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Velvet Bean Caterpillar Moth

Anticarsia gemmatalis

Description:

Moth

Habitat:

low coastal jungle

Notes:

Anticarsia gemmatalis

1 Species ID Suggestions

Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth
Anticarsia gemmatalis Genus Harrisina - BugGuide.Net


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2 Comments

Nina C. Wilde
Nina C. Wilde 11 years ago

Thanks J--are you able to fix the reference link to be http://bugguide.net/node/view/7413

the one you post goes to genus Harrisina, the grape leaf skeletonizer

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Highly variable species, Anticarsia gemmatalis is characterized by the tuft of scales on the foreleg.

Nina C. Wilde
Spotted by
Nina C. Wilde

Mexico

Spotted on Jan 4, 2010
Submitted on Jun 26, 2012

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