Heterocampa pulverea

Heterocampa pulverea

Heterocampa pulverea
Caterpillar - Heterocampa pulverea *Species ID is tentative. Cell phone shot from last summer. Habitat: Driveway of a rural home Geotagged,Heterocampa,Heterocampa pulverea,United States,caterpillar,larva

Naming

It was formerly treated as a subspecies of Heterocampa umbrata

Distribution

Eastern US and Canada. Absent south of the Florida Panhandle.

Food

The larvae feed on oaks (Quercus).

References:

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https://bugguide.net/node/view/2095823
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNotodontidae
GenusHeterocampa
SpeciesHeterocampa pulverea
Photographed in
United States of America