Striped Garden Caterpillar

Trichordestra legitima

The Striped Garden Caterpillar is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in eastern North America, from Newfoundland to Florida, west to Texas, north to Saskatchewan.
Trichordestra legitima (Striped Garden Caterpillar) Trichordestra legitima (Striped Garden Caterpillar) feeding on Eupatorium perfoliatum (Boneset). The species reported host plants cover a wide range of families but so far I have only found this insect on members of the Asteraceae. Eupatorium perfoliatum,Geotagged,Lepidoptera,Striped Garden Caterpillar,Summer,Trichordestra legitima,United States,caterpillar,cutworm,wetland

Appearance

The wingspan is 25–39 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September. There is one generation per year.
Trichordestra legitima Feeding on Helianthus giganteus. Fall,Geotagged,Lepidoptera,Striped Garden Caterpillar,Trichordestra legitima,United States,insect,moth

Food

The larvae feed on wide range of woody and herbaceous plants, including asparagus, aster, bean, broomrape, cherry, clover, dogbane, goldenrod, grasses, milkweed, mustard, pea, pokeweed, raspberry, tobacco, violet, willow and yarrow. Preferred hosts include various slender grasses, including ''Muhlenbergia'' and ''Agrostis''.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNoctuidae
GenusTrichordestra
SpeciesT. legitima
Photographed in
United States of America