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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Juniper Looper (''Eupithecia interruptofasciata'')}}
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''Maier, C.T.; Lemmon, C.R.; Fengler, J.M.; Schweitzer, D.F.; Reardon, R.C.; Caterpillars on the Foliage of Conifers in the Northeastern United States. Morgantown, WV. USDA Forest Service. Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. FHTET-2004-01. March 2004. 151 p.'' 
==Description==
Slender, green body with pale spiracular stripe. Yellowish green head mottled with reddish brown on lobes; yellowish green thoracic legs. Dark green middorsal stripe; yellow and white spiracular stripe. Yellow annulations on segments; narrow yellow band at hind margin of segments; anal plate usually with brown to reddish brown in center and yellow laterally. Up to 14 mm.

==Food==
Common juniper.

==Life Cycle==
One generation. Egg overwinters. Mature caterpillar present from May to July.

==Comments==
One variety of this caterpillar has an indistinct, whitish subdorsal stripe. Although the juniper looper superficially resembles the red-striped juniper looper, ''Thera juniperata'', it lacks the purplish red spiracular stripe.