Moth Caterpillars Feeding
on Black Locust
(Robinia pseudoacacia)


Moth Species
Scientific Name Common Name
Agonopterix robiniella Oecophorid Moth sp.
Anticarsia gemmatalis Velvet Bean Caterpillar
Ascalapha odorata Black Witch
Chrysaster ostensackenella* Gracillariid Moth sp.
Dasylophia anguina Black-Spotted Prominent
Digrammia ocellinata
(syn. Semiothisa ocellinata)
Faint-Spotted Angle
Ecdytolopha insiticiana** Locust Twig Borer
Euparthenos nubilis Locust Underwing
Heliomata cycladata Common Spring Moth
Homadaula anisocentra Mimosa Webworm
Hypena scabra
(syn. Plathypena scabra)
Green Cloverworm
Mellilla xanthometata Orange Wing
Parectopa robiniella* Gracillariid Moth sp.
Pero honestaria Honest Pero
Phyllonorycter robiniella* Gracillariid Moth sp.
Prionoxystus robiniae** Carpenter Moth
Sciota subcaesiella
(syn. Nephopteryx subcaesiella)
Locust Leafroller Moth
Zale unilineata One-Lined Zale
Zale undularis Black Zale

*larvae mine leaves, **larvae bore through wood

Sources: Covell (1984/2005), Eastman (1992), Wagner (2005), & others

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