Moth Caterpillars Feeding
on American Beech
(Fagus grandifolia)

Moth Species  
Scientific Name Common Name
Acronicta ovata Ovate Dagger Moth
Actias luna* Luna Moth
Alsophila pometaria* Fall Cankerworm
Apoda biguttata Shagreened Slug
Apoda y-inversum* Yellow-Collared Slug
Baileya ophthalmica Eyed Baileya
Bucculatrix packardella Bucculatricid Moth sp.
Charada deridens* The Laugher
Cyclophora pendulinaria* Sweet Fern Geometer
Dasylophia thyatiroides Gray-Patched Prominent
Heterocampa guttivitta* Saddled Prominent
Hyalophora cecropia* Cecropia Moth
Isochaetes beutenmuelleri Spun Glass Slug
Lochmaeus manteo Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar
Lymantria dispar* Gypsy Moth
Malacosoma disstria* Forest Tent Caterpillar
Natada nasoni Nason's Slug
Olethreutes fagigemmeana Tortricid Moth sp.
Oligocentria lignicolor White-Streaked Prominent
Pandemis lamprosana* Woodgrain Leafroller
Panopoda rufimargo Red-Lined Panopoda
Psilocorsis faginella Beech Leaf-Tier
Psilocorsis quercicella Oak Leaf-Tier
Schizura ipomoeae* False Unicorn Caterpillar
Symmerista canicosta Red-Humped Oakworm
Venusia comptaria Brown-Shaded Carpet
Zale minerea* Colorful Zale

*polyphagous

Sources: Covell (1984/2005), Marshall (2006), Wagner (2005),
Miller (1987)

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