Grape Leaf Skeletonizer Moth (Harrisina americana)
Black Zygaenid moth with a bright orange thorax. This moth is a wasp mimic and, as the name implies, a defoliator of grape plants and Virginia creeper (in its caterpillar form).
Habitat:
Sunlit clearing (dirt road) near thick mixed hardwood forest.
The grapeleaf skeletonizer is a moth in the family Zygaenidae. It is widespread in the eastern half of the United States, and commonly noticed defoliating grapes, especially of the Virginia creeper . The western grapeleaf skeletonizer is very similar to and slightly larger than ''H. americana,'' but their distributions are different.
Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
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Uploaded Jul 20, 2018. Captured Aug 5, 2017 13:41 in 164 Dally Cove Rd NE, Ranger, GA 30734, USA.
