Transverse-banded Looper(Hydriomena divisaria)

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Geometrid moth 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: Geometridae Genus: Hydriomena Species: divisaria Scientific Name Hydriomena divisaria (Walker)

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

Description

Dull yellow body with dorsal rectangular spots and broad, broken supraspiracular stripe. Orange-brown head with light brown on lobes. Brownish and greenish gray middorsal stripe expanded posteriorly into rectangular patch, especially on A1 to A7. Pinkish brown supraspiracular stripe; narrower, indistinct subspiracular stripe of variable color; black spiracles. Up to 25 mm.

Food

Balsam fir, eastern hemlock, eastern larch, spruces, and doubtfully pines.

Life Cycle

One generation. Pupa overwinters in soil or debris. Mature caterpillar present from August to November.

Comments

The transverse-banded looper occupies a very loose shelter of silk at its site of feeding.

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.