Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Caterpillars of Pacific Northwest
Forests and Woodlands

Zotheca tranquilla [Noctuidae]


Middorsal line of yellow circles bordered in black; subdorsal pale purple band; lateral-ventral area solid yellow with black spots. This species is common and only feeds on blue and red elderberry during May and June.


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