Green Needleworm(Clepsis persicana)

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white triangle tortix Photo by Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Archive, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Bugwood.org Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Hexapoda (including Insecta) Order: Lepidoptera Family: Tortricidae Genus: Clepsis Species: persicana Scientific Name Clepsis persicana (Fitch) Common Name Synonyms green needleworm

Contents 1 Description 2 Food 3 Life Cycle 4 Comments 5 References

Description

Grayish green body with gray middorsal and subdorsal stripes. Yellowish green head with dark brown spot near stemmata and with small, horizontal dark line behind stemmata. Middorsal and subdorsal stripes sometimes indistinct. Up to 17 mm.

Food

Many trees, occasionally including balsam fir, eastern hemlock, eastern larch, and spruces.

Life Cycle

One generation. Partly grown caterpillar probably overwinters in debris on ground. Mature caterpillar present in May and June.

Comments

In the past, the green needleworm was a minor pest of deciduous fruit trees that received few or no insecticidal applications.

References

Maier, C.T., C.R. Lemmon, J.M. Fengler, D.F. Schweitzer, and R.C. Reardon. 2004. Caterpillars on the Foliage of Conifers in the Northeastern United States. FHTET-2004-1. Morgantown, WV: USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team; 151 p.