Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Reddish to maroon brown with shiny black thoracic plate with conspicuous yellow subdorsal stripes. Dorsal and subdorsal lines thin, broken. Setal bases pale; fainter spotting over rest of body. Light brown spiracular stripe running below first thoracic and last abdominal spiracles. Rump bearing dark shiny plate. Food: cherries, oaks, and willows. Caterpillar: April to June; 1 generation.
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/insects/cateast/xystrufa.htm
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