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 Moth |
| Condica videns (syn. Platysenta videns) |
White-Dotted Groundling |
| Ctenoplusia
oxygramma (syn. Agrapha oxygramma) |
Sharp-Stigma Looper Moth |
| 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 Moth |
| Heliothis phloxiphagous* | 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 |
| Phaneta essexana** | Tortricid Moth sp. |
| Phaneta parmatana* | Tortricid Moth sp. |
| Phaneta tomonana* | Tortricid Moth sp. |
| Pleuroprucha insularia* | 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* | Flower Moth sp. |
| Scopula inductata | Soft-Lined Wave |
| Sibine stimulea | Saddleback Caterpillar |
| Sonia canadana** | Tortricid Moth sp. |
| Sparganothis reticulatana | Tortricid Moth sp. |
| Synchora aerata* | Wavy-Lined Emerald |
| Tornos scolopacinarius | Dimorphic Gray |
| Trichordestra legitima* | Striped Garden Caterpillar |
| Xestia badinodis | Pale-Banded Dart |
*feeds on flowerheads, **bores through stems or roots, ***feeds on leaves