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 | White-Dotted Groundling |
| Ctenoplusia oxygramma | Sharp-Stigma Looper Moth |
| Cucullia asterioides * | 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 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 |
| 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 * | Northern Flower Moth |
| Scopula inductata | Soft-Lined Wave |
| Sibine stimulea | Saddleback Caterpillar |
| Sonia canadana § | Tortricid Moth sp. |
| Sparganothis recticulatana | Tortricid Moth sp. |
| Sutyna privata | Noctuid Moth sp. |
| Synchlora aerata * | Wavy-Lined Emerald |
| Tornos scolopacinarius | Dimorphic Gray |
| Trichordestra legitima * | Striped Garden Caterpillar |
| Xestia badinodis | Pale-Banded Dart |
* feeds on flowerheads or
seeds, ** bores through stems,
§ bores through rootstalks, §§
also feeds on leaves