Moth Caterpillars Feeding
on Asters (Aster spp.)
Moth Species |
Scientific
Name |
Common
Name |
Allagrapha aerea |
Unspotted Looper
Moth |
Carmenta corni** |
Aster Borer Moth |
Chlorochlamys
chloroleuca |
Blackberry Looper |
Condica videns |
White-Dotted
Groundling |
Ctenoplusia
oxygramma |
Sharp-Stigma
Looper |
Cucullia
asteroides* |
The Asteroid |
Cucullia
convexipennis* |
Brown-Hooded
Owlet |
Eucosma
robinsonana** |
Tortricid Moth
sp. |
Eupithecia
miserulata* |
Common Pug |
Euplexia
benesimilis |
American Angle
Shades |
Eupsilia devia |
Lost Sallow |
Eusarca
confusaria |
Confused Eusarca |
Feltia jaculifera |
Dingy Cutworm |
Heliothis
phloxiphagus* |
Spotted Straw |
Leuconycta
diphteroides |
Green Leuconycta |
Melanchra
assimilis |
Black Arches |
Palthis angulalis |
Dark-Spotted
Palthis |
Papaipema
cataphracta** |
Burdock Borer
Moth |
Papaipema
impecuniosa** |
Impecunious
Borer Moth |
Pleuroprucha
insulsaria* |
Common Tan Wave |
Pseudorthodes
vecors |
Small Brown
Quaker |
Pyrrharctia
isabella |
Isabella Tiger
Moth |
Schinia arcigera* |
Arcigera Flower
Moth |
Schinia nundina* |
Goldenrod Flower
Moth |
Schinia
septentrionalis* |
Northern Flower
Moth |
Scopula inductata |
Soft-Lined Wave |
Sibine stimulea |
Saddleback
Caterpillar |
Sparganothis
reticulatana |
Tortricid Moth
sp. |
Synchlora aerata* |
Wavy-Lined
Emerald |
Tornos
scolopacinarius |
Dimorphic Gray |
Trichordestra
legitima* |
Striped Garden
Caterpillar |
Xestia badinodis |
Pale-Banded Dart |
*feeds
on flowers, **bores through stems or roots
Note: Asters (Aster
spp.) in North America have been subdivided into
Symphotrichum spp.,
Eurybia spp.,
Doellingeria spp.,
etc.