| Moths of North Dakota |
Arctiidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini |
Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773)
| Common name: Fall webworm.
Hodges #: 8140. Identification: Rfw 15.4 mm, fw varies from unmarked white to heavily spotted with black; antennal shaft white, pro-femora yellow-orange and black, hind tibiae with apical pair of spurs only, abdomen unmarked white. Similar species: 8230, 8144, 8137, 8136, 8134, 8133, 8132, 8131, 8111, 6798. Distribution: southern Canada and U.S. southward to central Mexico. Hosts: larvae have been reported from more than 100 species of deciduous trees including: Acer-- maples, Fraxinus-- ash, and Quercus-- oaks.
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ND, Cass Co., Fargo, UV light, 19- VII- 1996, coll. K. Mundall.
IA, Dallas Co., Adel, DNR Prairie Forb Plots, 9- VI- 2004, pic. M. J. Hatfield. |
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Ventral view showing yellowish femur and coxa.
