scientific name : Prolimacodes badia
common name : Skiff moth
information : Shape unique with strongly humped dorsum, highest at fourth abdominal segment, smooth without stinging spines. Sides green, occasionally marked with white spots that resemble damaged or necrotic leaf tissue; dorsum highly variable from brown to green. Posterior drawn out to point. Food: cherries, oaks, and many other woody plants. Caterpillar: July to October; 1 generation in North.

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