Moth Caterpillars Feeding
on Malus spp.
(Apple, Crab Apple)


Moth Species
Scientific NameCommon Name
Acronicta clarescensClear Dagger Moth
Acronicta fragilisFragile Dagger Moth
Acronicta interruptaInterrupted Dagger Moth
Acronicta morulaOchre Dagger Moth
Acronicta radcliffeiRadcliffe's Dagger Moth
Acronicta superansSplendid Dagger Moth
Antepione thisoariaVariable Antepione
Archips argyrospilaFruit Tree Leafroller
Argyrostrotis anilisShort-Lined Chocolate
Argyrotaenia quadrifascianaLesser All-Green Leafroller
Balsa malanaMany-Dotted Appleworm
Balsa tristrigellaThree-Lined Balsa
Catocala alabamaeAlabama Underwing
Catocala blandulaCharming Underwing
Catocala clintoniClinton's Underwing
Catocala crataegiHawthorn Underwing
Catocala gryneaWoody Underwing
Catocala miraWonderful Underwing
Catocala ultroniaUltronia Underwing
Cepphis armatariaScallop Moth
Cerma cerinthaTufted Bird-Dropping Moth
Choreutis parianaApple & Thorn Skeletonizer
Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller
Clepsis melaleucanaBlack-Patched Clepsis
Coptodisca splendoriferella*Heliozelid Moth sp.
Coptotriche malifoliellaApple Leaf Trumpet Miner
Cydia pomonella**Codling Moth
Euchlaena serrataThe Saw-Thing
Eumacaria latiferrugataBrown-Bordered Spanworm
Eupsilia tristigmataThree-Spotted Sallow
Haploa reversaReversed Haploa
Harrisimemna trisignataHarris' Three-Spot
Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Moth
Hyles lineataWhite-Lined Sphinx
Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
Itame coortariaFour-Spotted Itame
Lithophane antennataAshen Pinion
Lithophane unimodaDowdy Pinion
Lomographa vestaliataWhite Spring Moth
Lycia ypsilonWoolly Gray
Malacosoma americanumEastern Tent Caterpillar
Metarranthis hypochariaCommon Metarranthis
Metarranthis indeclinataPale Metarranthis
Metaxaglaea viaticaRoadside Sallow
Orthosia hibisciSpeckled Green Fruitworm
Paleacrita vernataSpring Cankerworm
Pandemis lamprosanaTortricid Moth sp.
Paonias excaecatusBlind-Eyed Sphinx
Phyllonorycter blancardella*Spotted Tentiform Leafminer
Phyllonorycter crataegella*Apple Blotch Leafminer
Schizura concinnaRed-Humped Apple Worm
Sphinx drupiferarumWild Cherry Sphinx
Sphinx gordiusGordian Sphinx
Toltype velledaLarge Toltype
Yponomeuta malinellusYponomeutid Moth sp.
Zale lunataLunate Zale

*caterpillars are leaf-miners, **caterpillars bore into wood

Sources: Covell (1984/2005), Heitzman & Heitzman (1987),
Wagner (2005), & others

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