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Grapeleaf Skeletonizer

Harrisina americana

Photo by joanbstanley
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Adult moths are uniformly black except for a yellowish or orange collar. The antennae are pectinate in both sexes and plumose in the male. The forewings are four times as long as wide and more than twice the area of the hind wings. The abdomen is usually curled upwards and expanded at the tip into a fan-shaped, somewhat bilobed caudal tuft. Length of the moth is 8 to 12 mm, while the wing expanse is 22 to 28 mm.

Habitat:

Wildlife habitat yard.

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