| Moths of North Dakota |
Noctuoidea Notodontidae: Heterocampinae |
Lochmaeus manteo Doubleday 1841
| Common name: Variable oakleaf
caterpillar Hodges #: 7998 Identification: Rfw 19.0 mm, appears gray but is an admixture of gray and white scales. Worn specimens progressively paler with the p.m. area below reniform almost whitish, transverse lines obscured and reniform spot (contrasting black in fresh specimens) with a whitish center or mostly white.. Eighths sternite of male with caudal margin cleft and having a pair of minute pits, not visible without removing scales. Members of the genus Lochmaeus can be separated from Heterocampa by having the terminal line reduced to a terminal spot in each wing cell, between veins rather than accenting veins. Members of the genera Heterocampa and Lochmaeus can be separated from Schizure by the constricted Rs cell on the hw. Similar species: 7920, 7928, 7930, 7983, 7994, 7995, 7999, 8005, 9382. Distribution: southern Canada and United States east of the Rockies. Hosts: Larval feed on Oaks- Quercus. |
ND. Cass Co., Fargo. 4- VI- 1962.
Larvae pics from Forestry Images, Bugworld.org and authors as follows- Top courtesy of Lacy Hyche, Auburn University; Middle: courtesy of Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University; Bottom: courtesy of Gerald Lemhard, Louisiana State University.
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Eighth sternite of Lochmaeus manteo with scales present and scales removed (left, right, respectively). Very small pit indicated by blue arrow.
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